USAID gave $3million to Gaza rapper who produced antisemitic songs

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The beleaguered United States Agency for International Development (USAID) paid $3.3million to an organization headed by a rapper who released antisemitic songs, a Republican lawmaker claimed.

New York Rep. Mike Lawler, 38, slammed the agency for providing Tomorrow's Youth Organization, an NGO that helps Palestinian youth, with the multimillion-dollar grant in 2022, he said in a press release. 

The Republican called the organization's executive director, American-born Raffoul Saadeh, a 'vicious anti-Israel rapper who advocates for Jew hatred in his music.'

'[He] has a long history of antisemitism, comparing the Palestinian experience to that of the Jews in Auschwitz,' the release said. 

The lawmaker cited three songs from Saadeh - Scars of Gaza, From the Ghetto, and Tears over Palestine - in which the rapper 'verbally assaults Israel and Jewish people,' the statement said.

Lawler linked to three apparent music videos for the songs, but none of them were available as of Thursday morning. 

The release also linked to a March 2024 report by the New York Sun, which said that Saadeh's song Scars of Gaza included the lyric: 'Auschwitz reincarnated brought back to life by the victims who were burned by the Nazis.' 

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There will be no shortage of bad investments.  But they will be near or next to useful ones.

We have to be patient. The Democrats and media will lie profusely, Schumer already has been caught in a lie around this.   We have to let the process unfold, and let the Democrats and their mouthpieces in media throw lies everywhere as well.

I think the Democrats are missing a real opportunity here. Schumers attempt to suddenly pretend he cares with that web site is a tilt toward where they should be heading. 

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5 minutes ago, RLLD said:

There will be no shortage of bad investments.  But they will be near or next to useful ones.

We have to be patient. The Democrats and media will lie profusely, Schumer already has been caught in a lie around this.   We have to let the process unfold, and let the Democrats and their mouthpieces in media throw lies everywhere as well.

I think the Democrats are missing a real opportunity here. Schumers attempt to suddenly pretend he cares with that web site is a tilt toward where they should be heading. 

It's unbelievable what they're finding. The Dems just gave money to anyone 

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Mmm, so now the government will stop spending money on stupid things, lets hope that they stop following farting cows around.  Indeed 

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13 minutes ago, League Champion said:

It's unbelievable what they're finding. The Dems just gave money to anyone 

I think it was a cascade of issues.   The apparently lack of denying anything, coupled with an activitist beaurocracy.   I mean, it is abundantly clear that the Democrats view the beaurocracy as their useful idiots, judging by their reaction to these people being removed. 

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4 hours ago, League Champion said:

It's unbelievable what they're finding. The Dems just gave money to anyone 

And amazingly they never gave to ANYTHING that was actually worthwhile. The liberals reached 100% error rate.

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How much of that 3milly went to the wrapper and how much went to politicians?

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there it is if you’re curious