(WSB photo, Rep. Jayapal at West Seattle town hall in 2018)
U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal‘s first town-hall meeting of 2024 will be in her home neighborhood – West Seattle. It’s planned for 5:30 pm Wednesday (January 24th) and her office is asking for RSVPs as they finalize the location; if you’re interested in attending, here’s the form to use to RSVP. Rep. Jayapal represents the 7th District, which stretches far to the north and south – see the map here.
The sign up page said there are limited spots and they make you click on what topics you want to hear about. I have received no info or waitlist info and signed up hours ago! Something tells me my topics of interest don’t fit her “agenda”. Side note: Pramilla works for us and should let ALL her constituents visit and ask questions. I think someone is scared to be challenged…
Rep. Jayapal’s office said they’re sending out location info Tuesday.
She is one of the MOST direct, open lawmakers I’ve ever been exposed to. You may not like what she has to say about your topics, but she absolutely does not shy away from discussing anything. “Scared” is the last adjective I’d use to describe her. Also, it’s Monday.
She had a man repeatedly harass her, scream racial slurs, and threaten her with a gun outside of her home recently. She is an extremely popular representative but has been targeted with politically motivated violence. Waiting until the day before the event to publish the location is likely a security measure, which is a smart policy for progressive and non-white candidates.
West Seattle Blog – I hope Rep Jayapal records this townhall so the rest of us can hear it. If possible could the WSB post it?
Interesting, I wonder if Representative Jayapal will bring her antisemitic rant back home to her constituents or that’s just for scoring points on national TV?
surely you don’t mean to connect the idea of being critical of Israel to being antisemitic? using Zionism as a synonym for Judaism is antisemitic.
Over 25,000 Palestinian citizens (including non combative women and children) have been killed and over 62,000 wounded. There is nothing antisemitic by calling that out.
This post is nonsense. What is anti-semitic about supporting Gazans and a ceasefire? Ridiculous! This is why I LOVE Jayapal.
Accusing people of antisemitism just for criticizing a government is abhorrent. You are appropriating the violence and hate against Jewish people to shut down legitimate discussion of actions taken by government leaders, and in doing so you are diminishing efforts to stop real antisemitism. This is not okay.
But the criticism isn’t equal. That’s the problem. Where are the marches in the streets for the young people enjoying a music fest in the desert who were brutally slaughtered? Where are the marches in the streets for the hostages? Where were the marches in the streets for the 100,000 Iraqi and Afghani civilians killed during the US occupations? Because it’s Jews this time people are marching, emboldened and liberated.
there were tons of protests against the Iraq war and Afghanistan. just because you hadn’t paid attention to them didn’t mean they didn’t happen. there are protests whenever the US gets involved in conflict. there were protests when Oct 7th happened, and Hamas is universally condemned for their attack by everyone. no one wants people to be killed. trying to understand radicalization and motives does not mean you support the actions that come from it. the one key difference between those events you listed is not because one is “done by the Jews”: it’s because the conflict in Gaza is still happening right now. and to equate Israel with Jewish people is itself an antisemitism trope…
Protests against the Afghanistan and Iraq wars aren’t the same as speaking out and protesting about the innocent civilians (John’s Hopkins University estimates over 100,000) lost. It’s like protesting the atrocities going on in Gaza without equally or as loudly protesting the torture, killing and kidnapping of innocent Israelis. See how that works? Sure there’ve been protests and people speaking out about that but I’m not seeing people blocking I-5 or vandalizing coffee shops. Also, many of these protesters ARE conflating Israelis and Jews. That’s the problem.
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