Current Events > Republicans attempt to censure Palestinian-American Rashida Tlaib

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Of all the wrong-headed responses to the current crisis in the Middle East, demanding that the only Palestinian American in Congress be censured for criticizing Israel is among the most cynical.

Yes, its true that Tlaib has used the word genocide to describe what is happening in Gaza. She was among the nine Democrats who voted against a House resolution expressing support for Israel and condemning the Hamas attack on Oct. 7. She also, like many others, believed in the narrative that Israel had bombed a hospital in Gaza, which is now widely questioned. But so did many mainstream media outlets. Should she have apologized? Maybe, but her defense made sense.

Both the Israeli and United States governments have long, documented histories of misleading the public about wars and war crimes like last years Israeli military assassination of [journalist] Shireen Abu Akleh and the false claims of weapons of mass destruction that led our country into the Iraq War, she said, adding: This debate should not distract us from the urgent need for a cease-fire to save innocent civilian lives.

On Oct. 18, Tlaib spoke at an antiwar protest organized by two left-wing Jewish groups, Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow. Standing in front of a huge banner painted with the word Ceasefire, an emotional Tlaib pleaded for peace, and condemned the war. She spoke of two victims, Maya Regev, a 21-year-old Israeli who is believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas at the music festival, and Shaima Akram Saidam, the top scorer in Palestines 2023 high school exams, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike at a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.

Both of them both of them are victims, Tlaib said, her voice breaking. Theyre victims of the oppression of the violence. They both deserve to live. I dont care what their faith is or their ethnicity.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who supported overturning the results of a free and fair American presidential election, accused Tlaib of engaging in anti-American activities. In an Oct. 30 letter to her Republican colleagues urging them to censure Tlaib, Greene wrote, She has advocated for pro-Hamas riots across the country, making American Jews fear for their lives, and signaling to Israel that America does not support them in their fight against evil.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.),

This the same mf that blamed the wild fires on Jewish Space Lasers

Yes it's true.

Marjorie Taylor Greene is both a Christian Nationalist and an idiotic attention seeking troll.