by Noah Rothman
Democrats’ pushback on Pramila Jayapal’s condemnation of the Jewish state exposed their worries about antagonizing the majority of American voters.
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Left: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) holds a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., December 13, 2022. Right: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.) speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 8, 2019.
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Representative Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.) is not sorry. For a brief moment this week, though, the chairwoman of the House Progressive Caucus pretended to be.
Jayapal released what we described in our editorial as “a half-hearted apology” after she was goaded by anti-Israel protesters at the far-left Netroots Nation conference into insisting that Democrats must “make it clear that Israel is a racist state.” It turns out that she applied even less heart to correcting her remarks than we thought.
About the Author
Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.
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Representative Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.) is not sorry. For a brief moment this week, though, the chairwoman of the House Progressive Caucus pretended to be.
Jayapal released what we described in our editorial as “a half-hearted apology” after she was goaded by anti-Israel protesters at the far-left Netroots Nation conference into insisting that Democrats must “make it clear that Israel is a racist state.” It turns out that she applied even less heart to correcting her remarks than we thought.
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About the Author
Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.
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