"He is a bought-and-paid-for AIPAC monkey," she said of the black lawmaker. "With all due respect - and I don't mean it in a racist way. He is just basically an errand boy, and we're done and tired."

Israel critic Rula Jebreal says insult referred to Japan's three wise monkeys; Black lawmakers reject explanation, denounce use of language long deployed against Black people

The Congressional Black Caucus quickly condemned the comments, saying "anti-Black racism" must be stopped "whether it's on the political right or the left."