Trump “threatened a genocide against the Iranian people, and is continuing to leverage that threat,” she said.

cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/222062

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) has reiterated that the call for President Donald Trump to be impeached or removed from office remains as urgent as ever after his genocidal threat toward Iran, regardless of the president’s announcement of a temporary ceasefire on Tuesday evening. In a post on X, Ocasio-Cortez said the deal “changes nothing.” “The President has threatened a…

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  • AGD4@lemmy.world
    37·
    3 days ago

    I feel the word Deal should also be in quotes, in this context, because who the hell knows what’s really in place.

  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
    19·
    3 days ago

    Honestly, it’s especially troubling with a cease fire. The lesson taken from there is that openly threatening the mass-murder of civilians is a legitimate strategy.

    • Krono@lemmy.today
      6·
      2 days ago

      This would be true if it was Iran capitulating to US demands because of a genocidal threat.

      But look at the 10 point peace plan, every version in the media is telling the same story - the US is capitulating to Iranian demands because of an economic threat.

  • cub Gucci@lemmy.today
    326·
    3 days ago

    WTF nothing? Incompetent freak just started and lost a war out of the blue and it changed nothing?