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Rashida Tlaib says Democrats stood with 'the fascist side' when they voted with GOP to censure her
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) said she "was completely heartbroken" by Democrats who voted to censure her over comments about the Israel-Palestine war.
The representative from Michigan spoke to MSNBC's Joy Reid and referred to herself as a person who wants peace and likes to conduct "heart-to-heart" talks with her colleagues about issues.
As reported by Breitbart, Tlaib also referred to Republicans as fascists and expressed disappointment in Democrats who voted alongside them.
"I did not know that they were going to stand with the fascist side of the aisle and silence the only Palestinian-American, even after we’ve had heart-to-heart conversations," Tlaib explained.
In a vote to censure her, 22 Democrats joined 212 Republicans for a total vote of 234-188 in favor of censuring. A censure is described by the Senate as a "condemnation or denouncement," as well as a "formal statement of disapproval in the form of a resolution that is adopted by majority vote."
"I tell them that I have as much at stake than any other person that continues to believe in certain policies when it comes to Israel and Palestine, because my family is there," Tlaib continued.
"I believe in coexistence. … I really believe we can have a country that was like when my grandparents were born, honestly, where every faith was welcome, where my grandfather picked olives next to his Jewish neighbor. And that’s the dream that I have for the Palestinian people and the Israeli people. And I know we’re going to be able to get that, but not in silencing a Palestinian-American in Congress," the congresswoman argued.
Tlaib cried in the House of Representatives as she defended her position, one of many times she has done so in the public eye.
Tlaib cried during a public speech in November 2023 when she condemned the Biden administration for its response to Palestine's attack on Israel.
The politician received support from fellow Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) when she cried on the House floor in February 2021 while describing death threats she had received.
She cried later that year during a press conference when she called for the punishment of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) for "invoking violence on Muslims."
In August 2019, Tlaib also cried alongside Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) while giving a speech about growing up in the "blackest city in the country."
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Multiple Democrats cross party lines to hold Rep. Jamaal Bowman accountable for pulling fire alarm
The House voted on Thursday to censure Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) for intentionally pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building.
On Wednesday, Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) introduced the censure resolution, explaining in a statement why taking a formal step to hold Bowman accountable is necessary. She said:
While the House was working tirelessly to avert a government shutdown, Representative Bowman was working nefariously to prevent a vote. It is reprehensible that a Member of Congress would go to such lengths to prevent House Republicans from bringing forth a vote to keep the government operating and Americans receiving their paychecks. Especially from a former schoolteacher, who without a doubt understands the function and severity of pulling a fire alarm.
In a lightning-quick fashion, the House approved the resolution by a vote that largely split down party lines. However, three Democrats bravely crossed party lines and voted to approve the censure. They included:
- Rep. Chris Pappas (N.H.)
- Rep. Jahana Hayes (Conn.)
- Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (Wash.)
An additional four Democrats — Reps. Glenn Ivey (Md.), Susan Wild (Penn.), Deborah Ross (N.C.), and Chrissy Houlahan (Penn.) — voted "present," meaning they did not outright vote against the resolution, but didn't explicitly endorse it, either.
What is the background?
On Sept. 30, just hours before the government could have shut down, Republicans were preparing to vote on a stop-gap spending bill, and Democrats were looking for ways to stall the vote. During that mayhem, Bowman pulled a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building, triggering an evacuation of the building and temporarily halting proceedings on Capitol Hill.
Bowman initially claimed he didn't know he was pulling a fire alarm, alleging he believed the lever would open a door.
But the Capitol Police later released surveillance video showing Bowman remove signs warning designating the door as an emergency exit before he calmly reached for the fire alarm. He never attempted to leave through the doors has he claimed.
Bowman then pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of setting off a false fire alarm. Prosecutors agreed to drop the charge after three months if Bowman paid a $1,000 fine and issued a formal apology to the Capitol Police.
Bowman is the third House Democrat to be censured this year. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) was censured in January for "misleading the American public and for conduct unbecoming of an elected Member of the House of Representatives," and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) was censured last month for endorsing a Hamas rallying cry.
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House censures Rashida Tlaib in bipartisan rebuke
In a bipartisan rebuke, the House voted 234-188 in favor of censuring Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.
While 212 Republicans supported the censure resolution, four GOP lawmakers voted against it. Twenty-two Democrats voted for the censure resolution while 184 voted against it. Three Democrats and one Republican voted present.
The four GOP lawmakers who voted against the censure resolution included Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ken Buck of Colorado, Tom McClintock of California, and John Duarte of California.
"I am proud to report that 22 of my Democratic colleagues joined with 212 of Republicans to stand against antisemitism and admonish @RashidaTlaib for her disgusting bigotry against Israel and the Jewish people," Republican Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia tweeted.
"The rest of the Hamas Caucus is next," GOP Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas tweeted while noting that the House had censured Tlaib.
Tlaib raised eyebrows last week when she shared a video that apparently featured crowds saying "from the river to the sea," an expression that is widely viewed as an anti-Semitic call to wipe out the Jewish state of Israel. Tlaib claimed that the phrase "is an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence, not death, destruction, or hate."
But even before she had made those controversial posts, Tlaib had already been targeted for censure. Last week, Democrats and some Republicans voted to table a different censure resolution regarding Tlaib.
The resolution that passed on Tuesday was put forward on Monday.
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