Squad’ Member Takes Down Her 9/11 Tweet After Receiving Criticism
“Squad” member Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) removed her tweet about the 9/11 terror attacks after receiving backlash.
On Sunday, the 21st anniversary of the attacks, Jayapal tweeted, “Today we remember the 2,996 people who were killed on 9/11 and all those who lost their lives while serving our country in the forever wars that followed.”
Her tweet sparked backlash from other Twitter users after they pointed out that she appeared to include the hijackers in the death toll.
“She did in 2021 and again in 2022,” one user tweeted.
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Never forget that Pramila Jayapal included terrorists in the 9/11 death toll. She did in 2021 and again in 2022.
Dem Rep. Jayapal slammed for 9/11 tweets counting terrorists in death toll
Far-left Rep. Pramila Jayapal faced backlash for posting and then deleting a 9/11 memorial tweet that included the 19 al Qaeda hijackers in the total death toll — for the second year in a row.
Jayapal (D-Wash.), 56, scrubbed the controversial tweet marking the 21st anniversary of the terror attacks on Sunday, according to multiple reports.
“Today we remember the 2,996 people who were killed on 9/11 and all those who lost their lives while serving our country in the forever wars that followed,” the post read, alongside an image of the World Trade Center’s twin towers.
The tweet had the exact same wording as the one Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, had posted in 2021. That post had also been deleted as of Monday afternoon.
Jayapal had yet to offer an explanation for why she used the improper figure for the second year running.