Ambassador Huckabee Blasts Weak European Leaders Backing Hamas
What CNN's Harry Enten Just Said About Trump Is Going to Drive Libs...
Disgraced Ex-Secret Service Chief Was Set to Get Her Security Clearance Renewed...and Then...
Bill Maher Nails Who Zohran Mamdani Is...and He Knows It'll Help Republicans
What a Fired ABC News Reporter Just Said About Anti-Trump Media Bias Is...
Some Adult Entertainment Got Hurled Onto the Court During a WNBA Game...Literally
Support Democrats’ Right to Speak Freely and Make Damn Fools of Themselves
Comedy Always Evolves, and Colbert Almost Killed It
The VP Harris Post-Mortem on Stephen Colbert (Yes, Kamala, the System Worked)
Trump’s Tariff Triumph
The Biggest Loserit
It’s Time for Independence for Biafra Free From Nigerian Control
Democrats Are in Disastrous Shape As Midterms Loom
Has Pressure on Advertisers to Leave X Hurt the Right’s Only Major Free...
Understanding Transgender Surgery
Tipsheet
Premium

Here's What KJP Had to Say When Asked About Jayapal's Response to Hamas' Mass Rape of Israeli Women

AP Photo/Susan Walsh

As Matt detailed on Monday, progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington was widely criticized over her recent interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, in which the two discussed Hamas’ mass rape of Israeli women, with the host specifically wondering why there’s been such silence among the left on this issue. While Jayapal insisted she condemned Hamas’ sexual violence against women as “horrific,” she quickly pivoted to arguing “we have to be balanced about bringing in the outrages against Palestinians.” 

During a press briefing on Monday, a Fox News reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about the progressive's remarks, wondering if her call to be "balanced" was an "appropriate comment."

“So, we’ve been very, very clear. You heard a little bit from — from Jake Sullivan about this. I can only speak for — for the president. Uh, that’s who I can speak for, and we’ve been clear what Hamas did is absolutely reprehensible and — full stop. We’re going to continue to be clear about that. And we think about — you know, rape and the use of rape as being used as a — as a weapon, that is also reprehensible and that’s full stop, and I’ll just leave it there and I’m speaking for the president of the United States. I think there’s been — very clear on that,” Jean Pierre responded, without mentioning Jayapal. 

“Any comment, though,” Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich followed up, “for Congresswoman Jayapal?”

“I just,” Jean-Pierre replied.  “I just commented on — I just laid out what we believe is unacceptable.”

Some of Jayapal's Democratic colleagues had no problem condemning her remarks. 



Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement