Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) criticized Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over social media posts endorsing violence against Israel.
During the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s annual “Threats to the Homeland” hearing, Hawley said, “An employee of the Department of Homeland Security who posted these comments on October 7.”
Hawley was referring to DHS officer Nejwa Ali, who posted on social media, “[Expletive] Israel, the government, and its military. Are you ready for your downfall?”
“That’s not all she posted. She also posted this graphic. Now, this is a fake graphic. I want to be clear, but I think we understand it. This is a paraglider, a Hamas paraglider depicted here with a machine gun flying into Israel. She posted it under her online alias with the celebratory ‘Free Palestine.'”
“Mr. Secretary, what is going on here? Is this typical of people who work at DHS? This is an Asylum and Immigration Officer who is posting these frankly pro-genocidal slogans and images on the day that Israelis are being slaughtered in their beds,” Senator Hawley stated. “Has she been fired?”
Mayorkas responded, “Four things I’d like to say to you. Number one, your question to suggest that that is emblematic of the men and women of the Department of Homeland Security is despicable.”
Hawley asked again if the employee had been fired.
“Have you fired her? Don’t come to this hearing room when Israel has been invaded and Jewish students are barricaded in libraries in this country and cannot be escorted out because they are threatened for their lives. You have employees who are celebrating genocide and you are saying it’s despicable for me to ask the question?”
According to Josh Hawley’s website, Mayorkas said the individual is on administrative leave.
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On October 7, a DHS employee posted an image of a Hamas paraglider with a machine gun flying into Israel.
Sen. @HawleyMO: "What have you done about this?"
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