Congressman Walberg rebuked for call to bomb Gaza like Hiroshima
Republican congressman Tim Walberg of Michigan has made shocking remarks suggesting that rather than providing humanitarian aid to Gaza, the US should consider subjecting it to nuclear bombing akin to “Nagasaki and Hiroshima” at the end of World War II.
The comments have elicited condemnation from progressive circles, with some expressing disbelief that a former Christian pastor would advocate for what they labelled as the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
“A sitting US rep in a secret town hall feels comfortable musing privately about genocide,” said a user on Twitter/X who circulated video of Walberg’s comments late Friday. A reply to that comment read: “Exactly what Jesus would do, right?”
Tim Walberg Hiroshima Nagasaki comments – video
Michigan Congressman Tim Walberg, pastor and "good" Christian, talks about his solution for #Gaza: Give it the Hiroshima treatment. "Get it over quick."
— JMS 🫱🏻✋🏻 #DemCastMI (@WhitchMI) March 30, 2024
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In a statement issued on Sunday, Walberg said that the media had misconstrued his comments and misleadingly framed them. However, he stood firm in his belief that Israel should achieve victory “as swiftly as possible.”
Walberg was at a gathering of a small group of his constituents when he was recorded telling the group that the US should not spend a “dime” on humanitarian aid in Gaza, where Israel has been carrying out a military campaign for months.
The aid would be better spent on supporting Israel, which Walberg labelled the US’s “greatest ally, arguably, anywhere in the world”.
“It should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima,” Walberg said, alluding to the Japanese cities where the US dropped atomic bombs at the end of the Second World War, killing hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom were civilians. “Get it over quick.”
