House Votes to Censure Rashida Tlaib Over Anti-Israel Comments

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (C/G-Ramallah) of Michigan’s 12th District has been censured by the House of Representatives following a vote on Tuesday night.

This from americafirstreport.com.

A privileged resolution to censure Tlaib was introduced on Monday by Republican Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia following her repeated comments criticizing Israel for its response to terrorist attacks by Hamas on Oct. 7. After a motion to table the resolution failed on Tuesday, the House advanced the final vote on the measure to later that evening where it passed by a vote of 234 yeas to 188 nays, with four members voting present and seven not voting.

In defense of her anti-semitism and thinly veiled support for Hamas, Tlaib fought back using a strategy that Islamic spokesmen and women in the West have frequently favored over the years: she lied.

McCormick wrote on X, ahead of the vote:

We must do the right thing and hold those in the people’s house to account.

This is because of [Tlaib’s] inaccurate statements and inflammatory rhetoric that have literally said a nation, a strong ally of ours, Israel, should not exist.

Twenty-two communists/globalists (democrats) voted in favor of the resolution to censure Tlaib, their colleague, while four Republicans voted against the resolution.

Here are the 22 communists/globalists who voted to censure Tlaib:

• Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee
• Rep. Jim Costa of California
• Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota
• Rep. Don Davis of North Carolina
• Rep. Lois Frankel of Florida
• Rep. Jared Golden of Maine
• Rep. Dan Goldman of New York
• Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey
• Rep. Greg Landsman of Ohio
• Rep. Susie Lee of Nevada
• Rep. Kathy Manning of North Carolina
• Rep. Jared Moskowitz of Florida
• Rep. Wiley Nickel of North Carolina
• Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire
• Rep. Marie Gluensenkamp Perez of Washington
• Rep. Pat Ryan of New York
• Rep. Brad Schneider of Illinois
• Rep. Kim Schrier of Washington
• Rep. Darren Soto of Florida
• Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York
• Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida
• Rep. Frederica Wilson of Florida

Here are the Republicans who voted against censuring her:

• Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado
• Rep. John Duarte of California
• Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky
• Rep. Tom McClintock of California

Here are the Reps. who did not vote:

• Rep. Jim Banks, (R) of Indiana
• Rep. Earl Blumenauer (C/G) of Oregon
• Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, (R) of New York
• Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, (C/G) of Texas
• Rep. William R. Keating, (C/G) of Massachusetts
• Rep. Rick Larsen, (C/G) of Washington
• Rep. Nancy Pelosi, (C/G) of California
• Rep. Dean Phillips, (C/G) of Minnesota
• Rep. Eric Swalwell, (C/G) of California
• Rep. Daniel Webster, (R) of Florida
• Rep. Frederica S. Wilson, (C/G) of Florida

Here is the Rep. who voted Present:

• Rep. Susan Wild, (C/G) of Pennsylvania

Tlaib’s rhetoric has been criticized by elected members of the Left and the Right in both houses of Congress, which has widely been viewed as not sufficiently critical of Hamas’ actions on Oct. 7, where infants and the elderly were reported to have been killed in a gruesome manner by jihadist terrorists. She has also been criticized for her appearance at rallies hosted by anti-Israel groups, such as Jewish Voices for Peace, in Washington, D.C.

Tlaib tweeted on Friday, defending the use of a phrase for which she’s been criticized:

From the river to the sea is an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence, not death, destruction, or hate. My work and advocacy is always centered in justice and dignity for all people no matter faith or ethnicity.

McCormick’s resolution focused on three aspects of Tlaib’s rhetoric:

• Her use of the word “resistance” in her statement on the Hamas attack, where she argued that the “suffocating, dehumanizing conditions” in the Palestinian territories could “lead to resistance.”

• Her claim that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza, despite contradictory evidence. She later acknowledged that the Gaza Health Ministry’s claims were in doubt and called for an independent investigation.

• Her use of the slogan “from the river to the sea,” a slogan that many view as antisemitic but is viewed as a call for freedom and equality by many Palestinians.

McCormick’s resolution is one of two privileged resolutions that have been offered to censure Tlaib. The other, introduced by Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, was initially tabled by the House on Nov. 1.

Although Tlaib’s comments were widely condemned, a few of her prominent communist/globalist colleagues took to the House floor on Tuesday to defend her.

Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan said during a speech on the floor of the House:

I spent all weekend in Michigan talking to all communities about the meaning of this phrase and there are really strong feelings on all sides.

People interpret words in different ways. Personally, I choose not to use the phrase that is offensive to some and perceived as a threat.

Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland said:

This resolution is about one thing and one thing only: the punishment of speech.

So we have a chance to show the world what the American Constitution means and how we hold fast to our core principles, even when we are drawn away from them by our passions and our righteous anger.

Final thoughts: Wake Up Congress and realize the War on America that surrounds you. Communists/Globalists and RINOs alike, the encroachment of Islam is an existential threat you will not be able to ignore for much longer.

And We Conservative Patriots must strive to stress the threat at hand to all Americans.