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The Congressional Black Caucus condemned Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal for using “openly bigoted” language after she called House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries an “AIPAC monkey” and an “errand boy.”

“To be clear, there isn’t a non-racist way to call Leader Jeffries, a Black man, a ‘monkey’ or ‘errand boy,’” the caucus said. Addressing podcast host Wajahat Ali, it added: “This is what happens when we hold ourselves to such low standards for what’s allowable in our discourse. People get comfortable being openly bigoted.”

“We have to stop platforming and trafficking in anti-Black racism, whether it’s on the political right or the left,” the group added.

Jebreal made the remarks during an appearance on Ali’s “The Left Hook” podcast while attacking Jeffries over his support for Israel. “He is a bought and paid by AIPAC monkey,” she said, immediately adding that she did not mean the comment “in a racist way.” She then described Jeffries as “basically an errand boy.”

Ali interjected that the word “monkey” carried “terrible racial connotations” when directed at a Black person. Jebreal said she had been referring to the three wise monkeys, traditionally depicted as seeing, hearing and speaking no evil.

Jonathan Chait, a staff writer at The Atlantic, argued that Jebreal’s attempted explanation left her accusation carrying an antisemitic implication. “The ‘not racist’ version is that the Black Speaker of the House is a brainless puppet of the Jews,” he wrote on X.

Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a prominent member of the party’s progressive wing, also condemned Jebreal’s language. “Calling Leader Jeffries or any Black man a monkey or errand boy is absolutely disgusting and unacceptable under any circumstances,” she wrote on X.

New York Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres said: “Calling a Black man a ‘monkey’ is racist. Full stop.” He accused parts of the political left of applying a double standard to Jebreal’s remarks.

HacheNoire:
If truth must be told, she did not lie!

If there was anything more derogatory to describe Hakeem, it will still be welcomed.

Thats not racism but an insult!

Hakeem himself will walk every Black man into the incinerator if AIPAC demands. They have bought his mind body and soul. Some people say maybe hi is being blackmailed.

Dude stands for nothing! A betrayal to humanity.

BlackViper:
This is the manifestation of low self esteem and self hatred that keeps the black man in bondage.

HacheNoire:
That’s your opinion! If it’s directed at Hakeem, It’s worth it and welcomed.

BlackViper:
Should it be directed at the Palestinians who are working with George Soros?

HacheNoire:
I do not think you know Hakeem!

Hakeem championed the genocide with the vegetable called Biden.

He had a say to call for for a cease fire after the whole devastation, but rather, even worked to get approval for more bombs to be deployed to Israel to aid the genocide.

If Hakeem is not a monkey, he should be something worst that a monkey.

BlackViper:
Congratulations on your loyalty to your masters! Just one question: Since you agree that it is OK for the masters to call their servants monkeys, can we do the same with you?

HacheNoire:
If truth must be told, she did not lie!

If there was anything more derogatory to describe Hakeem, it will still be welcomed.

Thats not racism but an insult!

Hakeem himself will walk every Black man into the incinerator if AIPAC demands. They have bought his mind body and soul. Some people say maybe hi is being blackmailed.

Dude stands for nothing! A betrayal to humanity.

SatanIsAllah:
O Boy, see mental slavery on full display!

HacheNoire:
Call it anything! It does not change my stance!

SatanIsAllah:
There are civilised and mature ways of objecting to someone you disagree with. Notice it was the black man she called a monkey. She didn't call Joe Biden a monkey, even though he was accused of doing the exact same thing.

Your inferiority complex is bowing down to your master's racist language.

HacheNoire:
Considering what Hakeem has aided, she is justified.

BlackViper:
So Hakeem Jeffries, a Black man, is a monkey for working with Jewish politicians, but Joe Biden who did the same thing, is not a monkey? Kuku just tell us you're a loyal slave and stop posing as if you're a human rights activist

BlackViper:
What's funny is that this journalist Rula Jebreal has a Nigerian father and a Palestinian mother and she belongs to a group which receives funding from the Open Society Foundation (OSF) which is owned by George Soros, who is a Jewish billionaire😂

So if a black person is a monkey for working with Jews, what does that make Rula Jebreal who is taking money from George Soros?😂

HacheNoire:
That’s your opinion! If it’s directed at Hakeem, It’s worth it and welcomed.

BlackViper:
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/artc-congressional-black-caucus-condemns-rula-jebreal-over-aipac-monkey-slur-against-hakeem-jeffries

Threedoorsdown:
There are hundreds of other words which can be used to describe him accordingly.

BlackViper:
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/artc-congressional-black-caucus-condemns-rula-jebreal-over-aipac-monkey-slur-against-hakeem-jeffries

Ishilove:
Wetin carry Nigerian man go Palestine??

Our men ehn. Una preek no dey stay one place. One day aliens from outer space will invade this planet and one of them will have a Nigerian father 🤦🏿‍♂️

BlackViper:
What's funny is that this journalist Rula Jebreal has a Nigerian father and a Palestinian mother and she belongs to a group which receives funding from the Open Society Foundation (OSF) which is owned by George Soros, who is a Jewish billionaire😂

So if a black person is a monkey for working with Jews, what does that make Rula Jebreal who is taking money from George Soros?😂

Ishilove:
Wetin carry Nigerian man go Palestine??

Our men ehn. Una preek no dey stay one place. One day aliens from outer space will invade this planet and one of them will have a Nigerian father 🤦🏿‍♂️

BlackViper:
What's funny is that this journalist Rula Jebreal has a Nigerian father and a Palestinian mother and she belongs to a group which receives funding from the Open Society Foundation (OSF) which is owned by George Soros, who is a Jewish billionaire😂

So if a black person is a monkey for working with Jews, what does that make Rula Jebreal who is taking money from George Soros?😂