JUST IN: Rashida Tlaib And Cori Bush Decry Arrests Of Activists At GWU Pro-Palestinian Encampment

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) hold a press briefing to decry the arrests of pro-Palestinian activists at their encampment at George Washington University.
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[@mynameisnobodysometimeseve7653]

They arent YOUR STUDENTS.

[@alinagang2739]

How this joke of a human could be congresswomen in US?

[@jackack1429]

post 911 bleeding hearts that Muslims were being targeted.

[@andrech6593]

By design! They take 1 neighborhood at the time

[@someone2506]

Time for politics is over. No hope for elections, be proactive. Don't reply.

[@Hamilton-kz2xw]

Money from iran or some other mid east sandpit.

[@user-bl6gx1zu3j]

AOC & Space Force

[@louisabenitah8673]

You should be crying for the return of the hostages. If you care for the Palestinians release them from Hamas terror.

[@laurymc1977]

Other people have rights and y'all been stomping all over them. Why are your rights more important all the time?

[@loridenise5639]

Victim mentality when narcissism doesn’t work.

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Guess I'm on YTs auto delete list today. Whatever I post is automatically deleted. Thanks, yt!👌

[@BettyBlack99]

What rights are being taken away that others have? If jews did this to muslim students u would expect the exact same outcome no? What rights r being taken away? Not a single protestor has been arrested for what they were saying. These people assaulted the police as well. They were told to leave. U have the exact same rights anyone else does. get off the victim train

[@laurymc1977]

@@BettyBlack99 You're smart enough to realize they had 40 year old Antifa members in their group. They had no right to be there. Professional protesters from the Floyd riots.

[@WAEVOICE]

@@BettyBlack99 "If"? Apparently, it *is* a different outcome. Didn't see these charlatans speaking for *them* .

[@garygrant7141]

Vote those two anti Americans out of office now.

[@terrycosby2078]

AMEN 🙏🙏🙏

[@kalyansunder6057]

One thought that after 9/11 the American population will at least learn and take effective steps against Radical ISLAM, but what is happening today is shocking to say the least, even God cannot save US!

[@TheRealRobertG]

I didn’t realize Jerusalem was in Texas

[@98badango]

Take your friends and move to Gaza Goodbye

[@shaynaryan6498]

Yesssssss

[@TheRealRobertG]

You hate free speech? 😂

[@WAEVOICE]

@@TheRealRobertG Slander isn't such a right.

[@pizzaking_1270]

ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING.

[@user-jk3mi2ee9z]

They both should be kicked out office immediately

[@MediaLieDetector]

Racist.

[@shaynaryan6498]

​@@MediaLieDetectorplease always the race card grow up for God sakes.

[@LouisBackover]

@MediaLieDetector #victimmentality that rushes off to the racist accuser fallback position as soon as their brain hits the logic loop. #dishonest with yourself and everyone around you.

[@freedomwarrior-gt1pw]

Islamic antihumanrights desert nomads ideology is no race .​@@MediaLieDetector

[@seedsowlife]

@@shaynaryan6498That’s right! The race card is in your face, alive and well until it’s understood that - Black Lives Matter. Indigenous Lives Matter. All day long! All the time! Everywhere! Over and over again! Loud and clear!💯

[@user-rv2zu1vb2c]

for anyone protesting that's not a citizen it's like having a guest in your house and they put their feet on your coffee table

[@andrech6593]

After walking in dog shit!

[@sabrinalennox2004]

And then complain that the coffee table is a piece of crap anyway

[@user-rv2zu1vb2c]

@@sabrinalennox2004 it does not matter the quality of the coffee table being disrespectful is the point

[@sunflower8035]

Exactly 🪳

[@042452]

Trash needs to go out!

[@lawrencesmith814]

Amen !!

[@seedsowlife]

Exactly. AIPAC needs to go!

[@rturnidge]

Sadly, as the most antisemitic politicians in Congress, her & Rep. Omar from Minnesota community of Muslims/Somalis, & Rep. Tlaib from an Arab community in Michigan (Dearborn-Detroit area), whose communities/population will always vote for their own, will both probably be there until they CHOOSE to retire!! :(

[@agivens061]

Terrotist , not students.

[@beeamerica5024]

Leave the USA

[@TheRealRobertG]

You first

[@beeamerica5024]

@@TheRealRobertGSean dumar Casey Kia she polyma I was born here and will probably die here come on

[@sunflower8035]

🙏🏽

[@BillByham]

Where's the pepper spray during this clown - show !

[@TheRealRobertG]

Lol u really hate freedom don’t u

[@BillByham]

Two-Faced backstabbers !

[@Hc_tbc500]

How much money does CAIR who openly celebrates Oct 7 pay these traitors

[@Jenjens05]

They need to be kicked out of congress. In fact Talib should be deported to Palestine

[@dantheanimator5072]

Don’t forget Joey and his handlers

[@optimusprinceps3526]

​@@Jenjens05Omar back to Somalia and AOC back whence cometh

[@optimusprinceps3526]

​@@dantheanimator5072and his former and current Boss, the Kenya Kid

[@MediaLieDetector]

Your ignorance is astounding.

[@haamasgirl]

What does this lady have to do with HAMAS?

[@omaschannel5264]

She supports them.

[@alinagang2739]

They are Hamas

[@user-bl6gx1zu3j]

AOC & Space Force

[@guyben1657]

Read about the scam called "Palestine " and their charter, and you'll understand that they ALL are Hamas.

[@toughgirl6837]

She backs them. We have five Americans that are hostages on Gaza. Why aren’t they calling for their release. Not backing the people that took them.

[@ReginaK2]

Go to Gaza and protest! Put this on your new signs… FJB!

[@prairiemark4084]

Deportation should be considered regarding several people in the first part of the video.

[@Dan-sc7us]

Nope! They are better than you are!

[@optimusprinceps3526]

And USA should return to a policy of immediate deportation, after arrest, asylum claims checks, and incarceration

[@sergiocampanale3882]

When people tell you how they intend to govern should they ever be allowed to get their hands on power....Listen to them,

[@Some826]

5 months, 27 more days until Trump ❤

[@Dan-sc7us]

LOL! Please hold your breath!!

[@ghosty426]

You actually think the DC Swamp is going to let Trump win the election in November?? Good luck trying to vote our way out of this mess in November.

[@shaynaryan6498]

Trump will Deport, expelled,and fire so many so excited 😂

[@haamasgirl]

Pack your bags and go there see just what our country is!!! There should never be this kind of evilness in this country EVER!!!!

[@susanscott3808]

CONGRESSWOMAN you should be censured!

[@brianmanuel1202]

A censure is nothing....it's like a timeout ....expulsion is the word you're looking for.

[@TheRealRobertG]

Lol censured? U hate free speech that much huh?

[@brianmanuel1202]

YT/MSNBC censors me 😆 how bout dat

[@v.l.7656]

@@TheRealRobertG there is a difference between censure and censor…get your vocab up.

[@crazycampers5655]

Lock them up also!

[@TheRealRobertG]

Lol free speech is a crime now?

[@The-Nightwatch]

🦅 AMERICA 🗽 FIRST! 🇺🇸 No AIPAC ! No WEF or Soros! No dual citizens or dual loyalties in America's government! No Marxism or DEI! No "foreign aid"!

[@amabcharat6670]

They are so double standards that they totally ignore the kidnapped people and there are several from the West and Latin America

[@sashasavisha146]

Your students had the opportunity to leave but they chose to stay and support Hamas. October 7th. Never forget. 🇮🇱🇺🇸

[@Dan-sc7us]

Why should they leave! Why are you so hateful!!?

[@rickboyer719]

So has everyone forgotten that Hamas which is who runs Palestine just murdered like 1300 people? And that if they liked Gaza not being bombed they probably should have thought aboht that first??

[@coxruss97]

There breaking the law you take them and your self out of our country.

[@Jeanne90275]

Urban camping is not protected under the First Amendment.😂

[@mrm4557]

Homeless shelter is right. Come on double standard. Come on insult my intelligence some more

[@Jeanne90275]

@@mrm4557 Your comment already proved your lack thereof...

[@dantheanimator5072]

@@mrm4557the outside anywhere isn’t a homeless shelter, bright eyes

[@dantheanimator5072]

@@mrm4557the outside anywhere isn’t a homeless shelter, bright eyes

[@Dan-sc7us]

Their speech is more important than your opinions!!

[@5Mariner]

This is comedy gold!

[@sujasingh9108]

They should all move to Gaza and help them there not here😂

[@user-dl7ve6tg3s]

Israel didn't start the war Hamas did. Read the kjv bible that land was given to the Jewish people so you need to stop.

[@ulrikezachmann7596]

Blah blah blah blah blah. The whole world is laughing at these students doesn’t she realise that? We can see what is happening and the hypocrisy and it is ridiculous and has nothing to do with the Palestinian people.

[@Sarah-im3lp]

Oh no they're not! Most Americans agree with their message! You're just on the wrong channel!!

[@lawrencesmith814]

The silent Majority need to stand up and be heard ! Most of the US is behind ISREAL !

[@jumpupdown2556]

"Wahhhhhh, why don't you feew sowwy for us, we bwown!"

[@jamesboard8492]

Michigan should be ashamed.

[@jacquelinekraynek6300]

Lock them up !!!!

[@jerrythompson7744]

Woke DC Hamas

[@KenDepew]

Um, I um, did not, um practice my, um, um, speech, um, before I, um took, um, the microphone. Learn to speak!

[@tonyf193]

Why doesn't she call out other Muslim nations for not helping

[@ademirsegura6307]

Oh please they’re too rich and loaded with oil

[@Dan-sc7us]

They are calling out America for HELPING Israel!!

[@lawrencesmith814]

What does it tell you when their Muslim brothers don’t want them in their country !!

[@corysimp]

Completely RIDICULOUS. I agree with another comment saying they need to just GO HOME! Goodbye!!!!!!!

[@Dan-sc7us]

Nope! They need to stay! Their message is too important!!

[@ReginaK2]

FJB AND PALESTINE!

[@dutchchenoweth220]

Hands off our country ! Goback to yours!

[@sabrinalennox2004]

They protested till they got arrested. Then they cried

[@BBsr007]

You all? Show how many people are there? 12-15 They were breaking the laws. Period.

[@LouisBackover]

Congresswomen. This is beyond the pale.

[@Zapruderfilm1963]

The t/-r\a-)s-h was remo-v/ed

[@raymondpetersen6155]

They don't pepper spray peaceful people girly!!

[@janinecaramanus1392]

Sheep are brighter

[@estherwilliams9036]

vandalism and disruptive behavior while tresspassing are acceptable arrests.

[@jrod1944]

The Change we need is not allowing a Palestinian or any other person that identifies as anything other than American into congress.

[@water4sure]

Teachers are not setting a good example for the students at all! Stop wasting time and get back to class!

[@5Mariner]

There are no Palestinians.

[@NorthGeorgiaMountains]

Hands off of our comrades

[@alinagang2739]

Those scam-bags again

[@TB-ni4ur]

We live in a clown world. We provided so much for these people, and now they're so pampered and spoiled that they have nothing better to do then to hate us for everything we gave them.

[@user-sb3ht7js6l]

Ditch evil Taleeb

[@tonyf193]

Political Theater ,!!!!!!

[@dantheanimator5072]

Another manufactured crisis from our gov

[@optimusprinceps3526]

B-Movie Thespians do not impress me whatsoever

[@beyondz55]

Ineptitude

[@cindirose3390]

Take names, Everyone! These are the snakes

[@ladyliberty1492]

Peaceful 😂 Nobody is above the law!! Remember!?

[@sigmagaming5]

You’re all crazy for saying Israel is committing genocide. It’s Palestine, they started the war when the couldn’t kick out terrorist in its own country

[@kennymac318]

Aren’t they part of the problem

[@acwilson4714]

Yes, dear, usually people are put into jail after they've been arrested... Oh boy....

[@_xkim00]

cant believe myself... please send Rashid and shit team to Gaza... 1-way ticket ..

[@jonathangoodell1524]

We the people even agree to pay for it lol

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Radishead

[@Dan-sc7us]

Nope! She's way too important!! We need people like her to cut through American's ignorance!!

[@_xkim00]

so.. when are the hostages been released by Hamas !! I need an answer

[@jackpinewood9344]

Yup, the mics are on.....🤔🤭🤣 Hahahaha!

[@cindirose3390]

Have these people ctiticized all the Middle Eastern countries which won't take the Gazan refugees???

[@cindirose3390]

Prioritize American hostages still in Gaza over tantrum-thowers on campuses

[@Robot666House]

She needs to be fired, disgusting traitors.

[@terryblack751]

Free the HOSTAGES

[@stevepaul6955]

You're welcome to join them Rashida and Cori.

[@jamesboard8492]

These two are whacked out of their minds

[@tatorials3608]

I am sure Talib’s constituents are not being helped by her obsession with a foreign country fighting for its very existence. She’s an activist not a statesman. Throw her out. She is in dereliction of duty.

[@davidrobinson8337]

The Hood and the Radical! GOD HELP US!!

[@klausbalder6439]

wow it's true they do pile horse crap that high

[@coldstonestunners]

If this is how Islam wants to play the game deport every bloodline now

[@TsunauticusIV]

Uhhh. Uhmmm. Uhhhh. Uhmmmm.

[@FKCENSORSHIP]

Cool now do the "summer of love" oh wait. That was peaceful, right?

[@princessjohnson8217]

Oh really 😲😲😳

[@antoniosalazar565]

What a mess

[@VuNguyen-ym7ko]

What is peaceful protest? Occupy private property, vandalism, attack people, is this the definition of peaceful? I thought it's a crime, isn't it?

[@nonyabusiness557]

They would fit in the south during the 60s college civil rights protests

[@lilpinksliplee7310]

The BLM riots were not peaceful and the protestors in MI disrupted the graduations.

[@seedsowlife]

BLM protests were peaceful until orange dump truck sent police into the streets. It was all over the news and for all the world to see - US freedom of speech and right to protest - NOT!

[@cindirose3390]

Yep, got pepper-sprayed etc cuz they did not leave when warned. What did ya think would happen?

[@user-kw8oz3qv3d]

You and all protesters must pay back money for student who did not paste their exams in time. They must pay back for all dem edge what they had done . They got good money

[@Ideas336]

Change can happen by all of you moving to Gaza!

[@cjarsenault4991]

What a bunch of misfits you have to be kidding

[@user-yg6ej4ee2j]

Those babies were so handled as what they were. unreal how they were allowed to get away with their childish protests. Expel all with no refunds. Cancel visas. Fire faculty involved. Expelcongresswomen involved. Citizens are sick of those who are anti American. Go to Gaza if you don't have allegiance to the US.

[@jacquelinekraynek6300]

To bad Hamas caucus

[@gilmaglalang9615]

No Lettuce! No Peas!

[@peterjaimes8776]

Never forget any racism,genocide,wrongful imprisonment(apartheid),unethical treatment or oppression of people rights to healthy life and not emboldened just to kill in the name of vengeance cause vengeance only belongs to god which even the almighty is greatly thoughtful when doing so.may god bless the Jews with compassion and the Palestinians with healing and vice versa.amen

[@shane1539]

Blah blah blah blah blah they need to be in class not protesting a war that hs nothing to do with the esucation their parents paid for WHAT ABOUT THAT ATROCITY…College aint free to hell with Palestine

[@sylviefanofsandy9649]

Arrest the bratz

[@BettyBlack99]

How is he here? How is a Palestinian American here in America who doesn’t acknowledge Palestine? I’m honestly curious. How his family got here. Is he really from Gaza? How did his family get out? Why hasn’t everyone left?

[@BettyBlack99]

I’m sorry did he say violation to the scarf is SA? Is he serious?

[@IBANEZDADDY]

Keep your noses OUT OF IT, end of story.

[@maizie8008]

Remember president 44? That's all you need to know!

[@user-fd5ew5zn7t]

You are a very bad lier y

[@gtrour4]

This feels historical (📜)! Best of luck to the High School and College students of Leadership 🎓! Your journey will not be short or easy! Vietnam War Protest 🇻🇳 and South Africa Apartheid Protest 🇿🇦 and the Civil Rights Movement could be a reference......🤔🗯

[@JaymeeKay]

The more I see the more I support Israel 🇮🇱 Forever.

[@joeyschuster8597]

The most unorganized press conference lol

[@meenki347]

OMG, from the comments below. It would look like America is filled with haters.

[@BettyBlack99]

America IS full of haters. These haters you’re watching. They hate our ways, our country, our everything. They just want our freedom to use it against us.