Representative Brian Mast (R-FL) suggested that there are “very few” innocent Palestinians living in Gaza and likened any such reference to calling people “innocent Nazi civilians” during World War II.
Mast’s contentious remarks were made in a speech on the House floor Wednesday.
“I would encourage the other side to not so lightly throw around the idea of ‘innocent Palestinian civilians’ as is frequently said,” he cautioned.
“I don’t think we would so lightly throw around the term ‘innocent Nazi civilians’ during World War II,” he continued.
Mast went on to rail against the “anti-Semitic” teachings in Palestinian schools and proposed that some individuals who may not fall under the umbrella of rank-and-file Hamas jihadists would “by any classical definition … absolutely be considered a terrorist.”
Mast: I think when we look at this, as a whole, I would encourage the other side to not so lightly throw around the idea of innocent Palestinian civilians. I don’t think we would so lightly throw around the term innocent Nazi civilians pic.twitter.com/OqDpJHZiHV
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 1, 2023
Mast Equates So-Called Palestinian Civilians To Nazi Civilians
Mast’s comments were controversial in the eyes of some, but he doubled down on his assertion that those who have supported Hamas in even an ancillary fashion need to be called out.
“There’s not this far stretch to say there are very few innocent Palestinian civilians,” Mast argued. “I haven’t seen the videos of the innocent Palestinian civilians that were out there trying to protect the Israelis, that were out there trying to stop attacks.”
Brian Mast represents a district of Americans in the United States that has not been attacked by anyone. Why does he give speeches like this? https://t.co/5I4oHpX5Rv
— Jack Poso
