(Daily Wire) Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) dismissed reports of women getting raped after Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel in October as “propaganda.”
The leftist “Squad” member cast doubt on the violence while addressing a group of pro-Palestinian protesters at a November rally, POLITICO reported on Tuesday.
“There’s still no evidence of beheaded babies or raped women. But they still keep using that lie [for] propaganda,” Bowman said to the crowd, as seen in a TikTok video.
SCOOP: In the weeks after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) not only publicly cast doubt on reports that Israeli women were raped, but also called those accusations “propaganda,” according to a previously unreported post on TikTok. https://t.co/Vb2dJdUgcK pic.twitter.com/DpXqRmcBS2
— Daniel Lippman (@dlippman) March 26, 2024
Journalist Daniel Lippman reported that Bowman declined to talk about his comments on the record when asked about the comments on Thursday outside his office.
Bowman later gave Lippman a statement that acknowledged a recent United Nations report that found “convincing information” about sexual violence being committed against hostages being held in the Gaza Strip.
“As I said at this rally, what Hamas did on October 7th is a war crime and they must release all the hostages,” he said. “The UN confirmed that Hamas committed rape and sexual violence, a reprehensible fact that I condemn entirely. I also voted yes on Resolution 966, which officially condemns the rape and sexual violence committed by Hamas.”
