Perspective: Reps. Tlaib and Omar challenge the trope of modest Muslim women
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The next morning, the same Palestinian women would go out again to find abandoned tents. The arrivals were taken to live and work on kibbutzes, never to be seen again. In an interview published on the Yahoo News podcast “Skullduggery,” Tlaib said she was “humbled by the fact that it was my ancestors that had to suffer” to create a safe haven for the Jewish people.
Denzel McCampbell, Tlaib’s spokesman, in turn said that Cheney’s statement was dangerous. “Once again Republican leaders and right-wing extremists are spreading outright lies to incite hate,” he said. He accused Cheney of using the tragedy of the Holocaust to “score political points.” “I can’t ever speak of Islamophobia and fight for Muslims if I am not willing to fight against anti-Semitism,” she vowed, referring to reports that John T. Earnest, the suspect in the deadly Chabad of Poway synagogue attack, may have also torched a mosque in nearby Escondido in March.
Omar and Tlaib came out of the gates swinging after their elections. Omar was critical of Israel and insinuated that politicians supporting it are bought off. Such views, appalling and toxic to many, novel to others, were not aired openly before.
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