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Pro-Hezbollah activist posts photos with Rashida Tlaib at swearing-in ceremony
The Washington Times ^ | January 14, 2019 | Valerie Richardson

Posted on 01/14/2019 2:21:13 PM PST by jazusamo

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, was called out Monday after Palestinian activist Abbas Hamideh, a staunch defender of the terrorist group Hezbollah, posted photos of the two of them posing at her swearing-in ceremony in Detroit.

Mr. Hamideh tweeted a photo of himself Saturday with Ms. Tlaib along with the caption, “I was honored to be at Congresswoman @RashidaTlaib swearing in ceremony in #Detroit and private dinner afterward with the entire family, friends and activists across the country.”

Critics were quick to point out that Mr. Hamideh, a co-founder of the pro-Palestinian group Al-Awda, which means “right of return,” has a history of praising Hezbollah leaders such as Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and declaring that Israel has no right to exist.

In December 2015, Mr. Hamideh called convicted terrorist Samir Kuntar a “legendary Hezbollah martyr,” days after he was killed in an explosion in Damascus. Kuntar was convicted of murder and terrorism for his role in a 1979 attempted kidnapping that resulted in the deaths of four Israelis but was released in a 2008 Israeli-Hezbollah prisoner exchange.

Max Samarov, executive director for research and campus strategy of the pro-Israel group Stand With Us, said that Mr. Hamideh has a “long record” of incendiary rhetoric.

“Just one example: He called Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah ‘the most honorable man on earth,’” Mr. Samarov said, referring to a February 2016 social media post. “Hassan Nasrallah has made genocidal threats against Jews, he has actively aided the dictator Bashar al-Assad in the mass murder of the Syrian people.”

Mr. Samarov said he was unaware of any other member of Congress meeting with Mr. Hamideh. Ms. Tlaib’s office did not return immediately Monday a request for comment.

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To: BlackbirdSST

Yep. They eat each other.


21 posted on 01/14/2019 4:30:47 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Flaming Conservative

An email alert from Fox just said House Reps removed Rep King from committee assignments. They’re gorging!


22 posted on 01/14/2019 5:17:37 PM PST by BlackbirdSST (Con-gre$$, the biggest welfare class this country has ever produced.)
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To: jazusamo

Islam means submission.

They mean for us all to submit.

Know Islam, No Peace

No Islam, Know Peace


23 posted on 01/14/2019 5:29:26 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: antidemoncrat

Michiganistan and Minnesomalia


24 posted on 01/14/2019 5:30:44 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Absolutely right, and the saddest thing is that they’re getting their hooks into our nation.


25 posted on 01/14/2019 5:37:17 PM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: BlackbirdSST

Those dirty dogs! Someone needs to removed meadows from his position, and replace him with someone like Steve King!


26 posted on 01/14/2019 6:59:14 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Flaming Conservative

I mean McCarthy, not meadows.


27 posted on 01/14/2019 7:01:03 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

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No guns in the Capital, heck, can't bring them into DC. Terrorist supporters, that's a different matter. Kudus to all Democrats for supporting the concept.

28 posted on 01/15/2019 4:48:42 PM PST by SJackson (The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself)
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To: malach
I really want to know—from you or a lawyer familiar with Constitutional law or anyone else who knows—at what point does a person become ineligible for Congress based on espoused ideas, associations, actions?

Never, though the House or Senate can expel a member. Or refuse to seat them. It's against the law to provide support to a designated terror group like Hizbollah. Not suggesting either of them are. Whic might get a member expelled. but ineligible or disqualified, that's up to voters or the particular chamber.

29 posted on 01/15/2019 4:51:59 PM PST by SJackson (The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself)
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To: jazusamo

How bad will it get before we the people start kicking these cultist murdering liars out of America? Or, has the die been cast?


30 posted on 01/15/2019 8:35:12 PM PST by Karliner (Jeremiah29:11,Romans8:28 Isa 17, Damascus has fallen)
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