Posted on 11/07/2023 4:38:50 PM PST by Libloather
The House is headed for a showdown vote Wednesday on whether to punish Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan - the only Palestinian American in Congress - for her rhetoric about the Israel-Hamas war.
A vote to move forward on censuring Tlaib, a punishment one step below expulsion from the House, advanced Tuesday in a procedural vote. Republican Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia proposed the measure in response to what he called Tlaib’s promotion of antisemitic rhetoric.
“Rep. Tlaib has levied unbelievable falsehoods about our greatest ally, Israel, and the attack on October 7,” McCormick said.
Debate on the censure resolution was emotional and intense. With other Democrats standing by her side, Tlaib defended her stance and accused Republicans of trying to silence differing views about the decades-long conflict in the Middle East.
“I will not be silenced and I will not let you distort my words,” Tlaib said, adding that her criticism of the Jewish state has always been directed toward its government and its leadership under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“It is important to separate people and government,” she said. “The idea that criticizing the government of Israel is antisemitic sets a very dangerous precedent. And it’s been used to silence diverse voices speaking up for human rights across our nation.”
The censure push sets the stage for a dramatic vote on the House floor amid political tensions over the ongoing, deadly Israel-Hamas war. While the majority of both parties have historically stood firmly on the side of Israel, divisions have emerged in the Democratic Party about the American response.
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Deport the pavement ape
Strapped to the pointy end of a missile.
Slap her upside the head with a rack of ribs
Her representing a foreign nation is viewed as a free speech issue by libertarians.
No doubt they feel the same about the big guys free speech rights in his
representing China.
I heard her ramblings in Congress.....her problem is she can’t accept how evil her people the Palestinians are as evidenced at the Israeli massacre....so she’s trying to make this a land issue...which it’s not. ......When she said the Palestinians are humans just like the rest of us it I could hardly believe she said that....she knows they’re not. ...and neither is she. They are evil and full of sadistic hatred.
I listened to one of the women in the burial groups speak about the detailed condition of the Isralie bodies she and her group examined from the massacure.....all the women were clothed except for their lower half...not only did they rape them and did other things to them - but many they poured gas on and burned half their bodies while still alive....then shot the multiple times..
Oddly I do not support censure for this lying evil bigot. Censure can be used against consevatives and expanded with new rules against conservatives. Censure is one of the tools of tyranny.
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