Rep. Pramila Jayapal Deletes Tweet Remembering Terrorists Among Those Killed on 9/11 After Drawing Criticism
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) scrubbed a memorial tweet for 9/11 which included the terrorist hijackers among the people who were killed in the attack 21 years ago.
Jayapal marked the anniversary of the attack in a now-deleted tweet where she said “Today we remember the 2,996 people who were killed on 9/11 and all those who lost their lives while serving our country in the forever wars that followed.”
Interestingly, this is not the first time Jayapal’s account posted this; it was cloned from an identical tweet she sent out last year.
Today we remember the 2,996 people who were killed on 9/11 and all those who lost their lives while serving our country in the forever wars that followed. pic.twitter.com/iuDzlapzUr
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) September 11, 2021
Jayapal has yet to publicly explain why her tweet from this year was deleted, though it may have something to do with the fact that her mention of the 2,996 people dead combines the 2,977 victims with the 19 al-Qaeda terrorists who carried out the attack. Conservative political observers voiced their disapproval.
Pramila Jayapal deleted ONE of her pro-radical Islamic terrorist statements
As you can see, another one is still up below
When will her @USProgressives denounce her pro-terrorist positions? https://t.co/Dzjo0LZq2Y pic.twitter.com/TgaEPMxOeT
— Matthew Foldi (@MatthewFoldi) September 12, 2022
Never forget that Pramila Jayapal included terrorists in the 9/11 death toll. She did in 2021 and again in 2022. https://t.co/uonAv1jZJI pic.twitter.com/JsrgxXTylx
— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) September 12, 2022
2,977 people died on 9/11. Rep. Jayapal wants to make sure you understand that she’s remembering the 19 hijackers who murdered the other 2,977 people all together as one.
She just wanted to make sure you knew. https://t.co/MTe0wiJdu0
— Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) September 12, 2022
OMG she added in the 19 hijackers to the people “we” mourn on 9/11. No, the number of people killed was 2,977. We do not mourn the hijacker Rep. Jayapal. Perhaps you do, but we do not. https://t.co/llmWCvUZDy
— Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) September 12, 2022
I’ll remember the 2,977 victims, and not the 19 terrorists, but you do you. https://t.co/emcD4QAeG3
— Jonathan H. Adler (@jadler1969) September 12, 2022
Once again @RepJayapal demonstrates her hate for America by adding the 19 terrorists to those lost on 9/11.
It’s sad that racist antiAmericans like Jayapal take up seats in Congress.
When will Americans wake up and vote these domestic terrorists out of office? @Breck_Worsham https://t.co/wjxf2PYpg4
— Robert Cornicelli (@cornicelliny) September 12, 2022
Pramila Jayapal Includes 9/11 Terrorists Among ‘People Who Were Killed‘ https://t.co/xwMEllLObR via @BreitbartNews Of course she does. Not sure she’s ever hid her anti-america pro-Palestein ignorance. The left VOTES for these people.
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) September 12, 2022
Sitting members of congress giving thoughts and prayers to terrorists on 9/11 should be unthinkable but just another day for Jayapal
— Grant Addison (@jgrantaddison) September 12, 2022
Even though Jayapal has yet to address the uproar, she posted a series of original tweets to call for support of a Congressional resolution formally condemning the racism, xenophobia, and negative sentiments that Arabs, Muslims, Middle Easterners, and others experienced around the U.S. in the aftermath of 9/11.
“Today we must remember the communities right here at home that suffered so much,” she wrote. “Not only through the terrorist attacks that affected every American’s psyche, but also the hate, discrimination, and erosion of civil liberties they had to endure.”
Today we must remember the communities right here at home that suffered so much — not only through the terrorist attacks that affected every American’s psyche, but also the hate, discrimination, and erosion of civil liberties they had to endure.
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) September 11, 2022
That’s why last year, with @RepJudyChu, @Ilhan, and @RepRashida, I introduced a resolution to recognize our history and to rectify our future. https://t.co/SH3pmzacGs
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) September 11, 2022
