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Uncle Joe

(63,170 posts)
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 08:34 PM Aug 23

Marjorie Taylor Greene joins Bernie Sanders in urging US to end Gaza famine

Breaking from most of her peers in Congress, far-right Georgia Republican has also described crisis as a genocide

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“Let’s be clear: President Trump has the power to end the starvation of the Palestinian people,” Vermont’s politically independent senator Bernie Sanders posted on X. “Instead he is doing nothing while watching this famine unfold. Enough is enough. No more American taxpayer dollars to Nethanyahu’s [sic] war machine.”

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Marjorie Taylor Greene, the outspoken, far-right Georgia Republican, also called for greater compassion for Palestinians in a social media post Saturday, a day after UN secretary general António Gutteres described the famine in the territory as a “failure of humanity”.

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“The innocent people in Gaza did not kill and kidnap the innocent people in Israel on Oct 7th,” she continued. “Just as we spoke out and had compassion for the victims and families of Oct7, how can Americans not speak out and have compassion for the masses of innocent people and children in Gaza?”

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Greene and Loomer, both claiming the mantle of Maga authenticity, have bitterly clashed on the issue, with Loomer falsely describing Palestinian children as a “national security threat” and “Islamic invaders”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/23/marjorie-taylor-greene-bernie-sanders-famine-gaza

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Marjorie Taylor Greene joins Bernie Sanders in urging US to end Gaza famine (Original Post) Uncle Joe Aug 23 OP
Is this where we get to hear.... AloeVera Aug 23 #1
As far as I can tell, Uncle Joe Aug 23 #2
Yes he is. I wish there were more like him. AloeVera Aug 23 #3
I believe so. Uncle Joe Aug 23 #4

AloeVera

(3,736 posts)
1. Is this where we get to hear....
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 10:04 PM
Aug 23

"Anti-semitism is where the far-left and the far-right meet?"

Not that Bernie is far-left - though others may think so.

Uncle Joe

(63,170 posts)
2. As far as I can tell,
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 10:26 PM
Aug 23

Bernie is absolutely centered on the American Peoples' needs and wants.

AloeVera

(3,736 posts)
3. Yes he is. I wish there were more like him.
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 10:35 PM
Aug 23

I was just wondering if anybody would make the connection to that hasbara (or whatever it's called now) talking point.

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