ICYMI: Rep. Jahana Hayes Met With Connecticut CAIR Chapter Earlier This Month

Rep. Jahana Hayes has been caught meeting with Connecticut CAIR chapter earlier this month, well after their extreme anti-Israel posts where they blamed Israel for the terrorist attack that killed over 1,200 Jews. 

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Rep. Jahana Hayes met with Connecticut CAIR chapter earlier this month
Jewish Insider 
Marc Rod 
12/20/23

Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT) met with affiliates of the Council on American Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) Connecticut chapter in early December, according to a Facebook post from the group.

CAIR has come under recent scrutiny over its supportive rhetoric regarding Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Days after Hayes’ meeting, CAIR’s founder and executive director Nihad Awad was revealed to have praised the Hamas attack and invoked antisemitic tropes. The group has a long record of extreme anti-Israel rhetoric, including a statement on Oct. 7 that condemned Israel while making no mention of the Hamas attack.

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She did not address whether Hayes or her staff were aware of CAIR’s comments on the Oct. 7 attack before the meeting, did not offer any direct response to such comments and did not respond to a question about whether Hayes would still have met with the group if she had been aware of its director’s remarks.

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