House Democrats are growing increasingly alarmed by Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s comments that are critical of Israel, but so far, have stopped short of saying the Michigan Democrat deserves to be censured over her rhetoric.
Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of Congress and an outspoken critic of Israel, roiled her colleagues with her recent use of an anti-Israel chant “from the river to the sea” in a video accusing President Joe Biden of supporting a Palestinian “genocide.
“People have a right to speak and the statement isn’t calling out anyone specifically,” the Illinois lawmaker told CNN. Tlaib – who dodged reporters in the Capitol on Monday – also still has support among her fellow progressive colleagues, known as “the Squad.” Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York told CNN, “We have to get out of this spiral using these censure resolutions to target members in a constant back and forth instead of actually legislating.
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