Two Democrat congresswomen voted no on a bill that will bar all members of Hamas and anyone involved in the Islamist terror group’s massacres on October 7, 2023 in Israel. The House vote was 422-2.
Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Cori Bush (D-MO) voted no. Another Democrat, Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL), voted ‘present.’ The bill was HR 6679, titled “No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act.”
Tlaib issued a statement after the vote in which she called the bill unnecessary and redundant.
“It’s just another GOP messaging bill being used to incite anti-Arab, anti-Palestinian, and anti-Muslim hatred that makes communities like ours unsafe,” said the Michigan Democrat, who is the only Palestinian American in Congress.
“I made a promise to my residents when they sent me to Congress that I would take meaningful actions to end hateful Trump-era immigration…
