McCarthy Blocks Tlaib's Capitol Event on Palestinian Displacement
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Speaker Kevin McCarthy blocked Representative Rashida Tlaib from hosting an event at the Capitol commemorating the displacement of Palestinians when the state of Israel was created, saying Ms. Tlaib was trafficking in “antisemitic tropes.” The dinner event scheduled for Wednesday night, called Nakba 75 & the Palestinian People, was planned to commemorate what Palestinians call the nakba, or the disaster, referring to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in 1948 when Israel declared independence.
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