The People’s Conference for Palestine in Troy, Michigan, already under fire for hosting speakers who openly called to “destroy the idea of America,” took another radical turn when Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) addressed the crowd with a profanity-laced tirade that accused both Democrats and Republicans of funding “genocide” while promising her movement is only growing.
Captured in clips shared by Twitter/X user @thestustustudio (Stu Smith), Tlaib’s speech blended personal history, attacks on U.S. leaders, and accusations against pro-Israel groups with fiery language rarely heard from a sitting member of Congress.
At one point, Tlaib lashed out at her critics:
“Every genocide enabler. Look at this room’s motherf*ers. We ain’t going anywhere. We are just growing and growing and growing. We are bringing siblings from other movements with us.”
She repeatedly tied her Palestinian heritage and Detroit roots to her congressional seat, framing her very presence in Congress as an act of defiance:
“Detroit sent the descendant of Sidi Abdullah Isa, who wouldn’t leave his land even after they shot him multiple times… They thought they could kill us, rape us, imprison us, violently uproot us from our olive tree farms, starve our children to death, and we would disappear. Well, guess what? Now we’re in Congress and we’re in every corner of the United States… Every genocide enabler, look at this room, motherfuckers, we ain’t going anywhere.”
Turning her ire toward pro-Israel groups and even fellow progressives, Tlaib denounced those who remain silent or accept “crumbs”:
“More Americans are now signing the ‘Take the AIPAC out of US Politics’ petition. Don’t be distracted… Don’t be distracted by the sellouts in our movements who are progressive but for Palestine. They will be remembered for their silence… They will be exposed for allowing racist tropes to kill our people, to starve our children.”
In perhaps the most sweeping attack, Tlaib accused both parties, and Presidents from both parties, of “gaslighting” the public while funding “one of the worst crimes in history”:
“You have been lied to, gaslit by a Democratic president and now a Republican president. Both parties vote time and time again to fund one of the worst crimes in history… Real change doesn’t come from the powers and warmongers in Congress. It comes from the streets. It comes from all of us mobilizing and seizing the power to resist and fight back.”
For critics, Tlaib’s remarks at the conference underscore just how radicalized the event has become, echoing the earlier sessions where speakers openly called to dismantle America itself. Now, with a sitting member of Congress using her platform to continue to hurl profanity and dog whistles at her political opponents while accusing both parties of genocide, the conference has only further cemented its reputation as a breeding ground for anti-American and anti-Semitic rhetoric.
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