Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) scolded pro-Palestinian protesters at a House committee hearing, accusing them of having “blood on their hands” for “shouting the praises” of Houthi militants in the Red Sea. The protesters painted their hands red and repeatedly interrupted a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia hearing on…
A pro-Palestinian activist has been selected to challenge Labour’s Wes Streeting at the next election amid anger at the party’s stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict.
The swift punishment brought down on Zooey Zephyr, a transgender lawmaker in Montana, began over words that others in American politics have used without hesitation or consequence: saying opponents have “blood” on their hands. Just in the past few years, they are among the elected officials who have chastised colleagues in government with the same pointed rhetoric almost word for word accusing them of bearing responsibility for deaths over everything from immigration policy to gun laws. “I don't remember until now that there's been a controversy over that cliche,” said Republican Lou Barletta, a former Pennsylvania congressman who used the same words to attack the state's Democratic governor in 2021 over nursing homes.