Rep. Mramila Jayapal (D-WA) was forced to delete a tweet that mourned the deaths of 9/11 victims as well as the terrorist attackers who carried out the largest terrorist attack in our nation’s history.
Mediaite reports:
Jayapal marked the anniversary of the attack in a now-deleted tweet where she said “Today we remember the 2,996 people who were killed on 9/11 and all those who lost their lives while serving our country in the forever wars that followed.”
Interestingly, this is not the first time Jayapal’s account posted this; it was cloned from an identical tweet she sent out last year.
Jayapal has yet to publicly explain why her tweet from this year was deleted, though it may have something to do with the fact that her mention of the 2,996 people dead combines the 2,977 victims with the 19 al-Qaeda terrorists who carried out the attack. Conservative political observers voiced their disapproval.
Today we remember the 2,996 people who were killed on 9/11 and all those who lost their lives while serving our country in the forever wars that followed. pic.twitter.com/iuDzlapzUr
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) September 11, 2021
Never forget that Pramila Jayapal included terrorists in the 9/11 death toll. She did in 2021 and again in 2022. https://t.co/uonAv1jZJI pic.twitter.com/JsrgxXTylx
— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) September 12, 2022
2,977 people died on 9/11. Rep. Jayapal wants to make sure you understand that she's remembering the 19 hijackers who murdered the other 2,977 people all together as one.
She just wanted to make sure you knew. https://t.co/MTe0wiJdu0
— Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) September 12, 2022
I'll remember the 2,977 victims, and not the 19 terrorists, but you do you. https://t.co/emcD4QAeG3
— Jonathan H. Adler (@jadler1969) September 12, 2022
