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A congressional Democrat is pushing to formally censure Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) after he made comments last week comparing “Palestinian civilians” to “Nazi civilians” and saying “there are very few innocent Palestinian citizens,” drawing criticism from Democrats — after Republicans sought to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) for her comments on Israel.
Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) filed the resolution to censure Mast, writing that his “refusal to distinguish innocent Palestinians for Hamas terrorists is false, misleading, dehumanizing, dangerous, and unbecoming of a Member of Congress.”
Mast made the comparison last Wednesday on the House floor, saying he “would encourage the other side to not so lightly throw around the idea of 'innocent Palestinian civilians,' as is frequently said. I don’t think we would so lightly throw around the term 'innocent Nazi civilians' during World War II.”