🚨 Jasmine Crockett and a Group of Democrats Just Joined Republicans to do One of the Ugliest Things Congress Has Ever Done to Palestinians. It's Unforgivable.
$3.3B for Israel, UNRWA cut off, and punishment for Palestinians who seek justice at the International Criminal Court.
Family,
Yesterday, Congress passed a bill that is so immoral, so corrupt, so plainly colonial, that it should end political careers.
And it only passed because Democrats made it pass.
Let me say that again: Republicans did not have the votes to do this by themselves. It took Democratic votes — 153 Democrats — to drag this across the finish line.
And one of those “yes” votes belongs to a woman who has become a national darling, a rising star, a Democratic celebrity: Rep. Jasmine Crockett.
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Now back to this vote.
This wasn’t a “complex” vote. It was a moral test.
The House passed H.R. 7006 — a bill that, in plain English, does two things at once:
It rushes billions of dollars in weapons money to Israel (in addition to the hundreds of billions of OUR MONEY already sent there) and then it punishes Palestinians and blocks accountability for Israel’s crimes.
That’s not “balance.” That’s not “security.” That’s not “peace.”
That’s complicity.
The roll call is public. The vote was 341–79.
Republicans voted 188 yes and 22 no.
Democrats voted 153 yes and 57 no.
That means Democrats didn’t just “help.” They supplied the margin. They made it pass. They made it law.
And Jasmine Crockett was one of them.
Jasmine Crockett didn’t just vote “yes.” She voted “yes” on a bill that does all of this:
$3.3 billion in military aid to Israel — fast-tracked.
A complete ban on U.S. funding for UNRWA — the U.N. agency that has been central to humanitarian assistance for Palestinians. This is outrageous. They have over 10,000 employees in Gaza and do the best relief work there.
A prohibition on funding for international bodies investigating Israel’s actions — including the International Criminal Court (ICC), the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and the U.N. Commission of Inquiry.
And then the part that should make every human rights lawyer in America sick:
It conditions Palestinian assistance on U.S.-set “benchmarks” and blocks assistance if Palestinians initiate or actively support investigations at the ICC into alleged Israeli crimes.
So Palestinians are being told: “Don’t you dare seek justice. Don’t you dare use international law. Don’t you dare pursue accountability. If you do, we will choke off aid.”
That is extortion.
That is collective punishment.
That is a political muzzle placed on a starving people.
And it is grotesque.
This is where I have to speak personally about Jasmine Crockett
I’ve known Jasmine for years. I knew her before the national fame, before the TV lights, before the “viral clips.” I worked civil rights cases with her before she was in politics. I’ve done events side by side with her. I’ve campaigned for her. For years I would have called her my friend.
A lot of people are shocked when someone like me goes hard at a Democrat.
But this isn’t about party. This is about life and death.
This vote is life and death for Gaza.
And I’m going to be honest: I can’t call anyone “friend” who puts their name on a vote like this — not when babies are starving, not when hospitals have been destroyed, not when mass graves are being filled, not when genocide has been ongoing for more than two years.
I don’t care how sharp the soundbites are.
I don’t care how good the TV hits look.
If you vote to fund the killing and block the courtroom, you’re not “progressive.” You’re not “civil rights.” You’re not “for the oppressed.”
You’re the enabler.
And yes — I’m laying this at her feet.
Because stars are the ones who shape culture.
Stars are the ones who give cover.
Stars are the ones who tell young people, “Trust us.”
If a Democratic star votes for AIPAC priorities that punish Palestinians for seeking justice, then the whole party needs to answer for it. And she didn’t even need to vote for it. It would have passed without her.
She WANTED TO VOTE FOR THIS. Why? She’s funded by AIPAC.
“Israel can pay for its own war”
Israel has a functioning economy. Israel has advanced weapons industries. Israel has resources.
If this were truly about “defense,” Israel could fund its own military.
But the U.S. political machine continues to treat Israel like a special category — a state that gets endless funding, unlimited weapons, and infinite excuses.
And it does it while Americans are drowning in medical debt, while schools are underfunded, while housing becomes impossible, while people can’t afford groceries.
So yes — it’s outrageous that we’re sending $3.3 billion more.
But it’s even more outrageous that Congress wrapped it in something far more sinister:
a war on accountability itself.
Blocking the ICC is not “policy.” It’s criminal protection.
Let’s get plain for a second.
The ICC exists to investigate and prosecute people accused of the worst crimes on earth — war crimes, crimes against humanity.
If you block Palestinians from engaging with the ICC, you are not protecting “security.”
You are protecting perpetrators from scrutiny.
And if you call yourself a civil rights attorney, and you vote to block victims from the ICC, you’re not practicing civil rights.
You’re doing the exact opposite.
You’re saying: some victims don’t get rights.
You’re saying: some crimes don’t get investigated.
You’re saying: some governments get immunity.
That is not “justice.”
That is apartheid logic.
This is exactly how empire works
Weapons for the occupying power — fast-tracked, unconditional.
Aid for the occupied — conditional, surveilled, threatened, restricted.
And if the occupied try to use law? Try to seek justice? Try to speak to international courts?
The empire says: “Then you get nothing.”
That is not humanitarianism.
That is not diplomacy.
That is colonial domination with a congressional stamp on it.
The Democratic Party must own this
I’m not letting Democrats hide behind Republicans.
Yes, Republicans are complicit. Yes, Republicans are eager.
But the truth is simple: this bill needed Democrats.
And 153 Democrats supplied them.
Not just unknown backbenchers.
Not just “moderates.”
People with huge platforms. People with brands built on justice. People who talk about human rights when it’s safe.
But when it mattered — when the vote would determine whether Congress funded Israel and blocked Palestinian routes to justice — they voted yes.
So I’m saying this plainly:
The Democratic Party is helping fund the genocide and helping shield Israel from accountability.
That is what this vote means.
And Jasmine Crockett chose to be part of that.
What now?
This is the moment where people have to stop applauding speeches and start tracking votes.
This is the moment where people have to stop letting politicians say one thing on Twitter and do the opposite in Congress.
This is the moment where you call their office, publicly, relentlessly, and you demand an explanation.
Not a slogan. Not a talking point.
An explanation for why they voted to:
send more weapons money
cut off UNRWA
block the ICC
punish Palestinians for seeking justice
And if they can’t justify it — they should lose their seats.
Period.
If you want me to keep tracking this, naming names, showing receipts, and refusing to play the “lesser evil” game while Gaza bleeds — I need you with me.
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Love and appreciate each of you.
Your friend and brother,
Shaun
I just don't know how anyone with a conscience does this. She is a civil rights attorney. It's like people will literally sell their soul for power.
This is such a gut punch