<p>A senior <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives">House</a> Democrat offered a defense of Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rashida-tlaib">Rashida Tlaib</a> (D-MI) as she faces blowback for flying a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/palestinian-flag-next-to-lgbt-flag-remained-outside-democrat-rashida-tlaibs-office-during-hamas-attack-on-israel">Palestinian flag</a> during the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hamas">Hamas</a> attack on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel">Israel</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/steny-hoyer">Steny Hoyer</a> (D-MD), who served multiple terms as House majority leader, noted that Tlaib is <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/eight-minutes-with-the-president-rep-rashida-tlaib-the-lone-palestinian-american-in-congress-gains-relevance-in-israel-debate/2021/05/20/fe3139c6-b8c5-11eb-bb84-6b92dedcd8ed_story.html">a Palestinian American</a> when a reporter asked if she should still have the flag outside her office.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know. She&#8217;s Palestinian. You know, that doesn&#8217;t mean she&#8217;s a terrorist. It doesn&#8217;t mean that she condones this,&#8221; Hoyer <a href="https://grabien.com/story.php?id=443287">said</a> — before stating that he has a Danish flag at his house.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Steny Hoyer’s reaction to Rashida Tlaib still keeping the Palestinian flag outside her office: “I fly a Danish flag at my house”</p>
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<p>After the weekend rampage in which civilians were slaughtered, including an estimated <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-music-festival-6a55aae2375944f10ecc4c52d05f2ffe">260 people at a concert</a>, Israel has gone to war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Officials estimate more than a thousand people have died on each side of the border over the past five days, <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1712144528281378850">including 22 Americans,</a> and thousands more have been injured.</p>
<p>Tlaib, a member of the leftist &#8220;Squad&#8221; in the House, broke her silence with a statement on Sunday that said she grieved for lives lost on both sides, advocated for peace, and called for an end to an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tlaib-breaks-silence-on-hamas-attack-on-israel-blames-apartheid-system">&#8220;apartheid system&#8221;</a> backed by the United States that she faulted for perpetuating the violence.</p>
<p>When asked if he was supportive of Tlaib&#8217;s comments, Hoyer said he disagreed with &#8220;some&#8221; of them. &#8220;She lamented the deaths on both sides,&#8221; he added, &#8220;and I think she condemned — I don&#8217;t have her statement right in front of me — she condemned terrorist activity.&#8221;</p>
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<p>In fact, Tlaib&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/nannburke/status/1711063866459685286">statement</a> over the weekend did not make any explicit mention of terrorism, but it did say the &#8220;path to the future must include lifting the blockade, ending the occupation, and dismantling the apartheid system that creates the suffocating, dehumanizing conditions that can lead to resistance.&#8221;</p>
<p>In addition to fracas over a Palestinian flag being spotted outside her office on Capitol Hill — which sparked a push to <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/oct/10/rep-max-miller-says-no-non-us-flags-congress-after/">squelch funds</a> for non-U.S. flags being displayed in the halls of the U.S. Congress — Tlaib made headlines on Tuesday for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-rashida-tlaib-refuses-to-condemn-beheadings-of-israeli-babies-when-confronted-by-media">refusing to comment</a> when a reporter asked her about babies being killed by Hamas terrorists.</p>
<p>Tlaib has stirred controversy in the past with her comments about Israel, including in 2019 when <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/us/politics/rashida-tlaib-holocaust.html">she said</a> thinking about the Holocaust gave her a &#8220;calming feeling,&#8221; after which the congresswoman accused critics of &#8220;twisting&#8221; her words.</p>

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