The rhetoric and behavior of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) since the October 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas have been terrible. She has not only been anti-Israel and anti-Semitic, she has pushed lies.
Now she has been censured by the House.
FOX News reports:
House votes to censure Rashida Tlaib over anti-Israel commentsThe House of Representatives has voted to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., in a 234 – 188 vote on Tuesday night.The punishment, while largely symbolic, was a formal public rebuke of her most recent anti-Israel comments made in the wake of the Jewish nation’s war against terror group Hamas.Twenty-two Democrats voted with 212 Republicans to censure Tlaib. Four GOP lawmakers voted against the measure. Four lawmakers voted present. The measure was introduced by freshman Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., on Monday.”If this is not worthy of censure, what is? When you can call for the annihilation of a country and its people, if that’s not worthy of a censure, what is?” McCormick said on the House floor Tuesday.In the text of his resolution, the Georgia Republican accused Tlaib of “promoting false narratives regarding the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and for calling for the destruction of the state of Israel.”
You can read the entire resolution here.
Some members of the ‘Squad’ including Tlaib had a meltdown on the House floor over this today.
Featured image via YouTube.
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