A group of prominent Democrats has slammed the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus after she called the State of Israel “racist” during a public appearance over the weekend.
Washington Representative Pramila Jayapal, who had made the incendiary comment during an exchange with pro-Palestinian protesters who’d interrupted her keynote at the Netroots Nation conference on Saturday, had moved quickly to retract her remarks in a statement issued by her office on Sunday.
