Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan is again facing Republican-led efforts to censure her over comments critical of Israel and in support of Palestinians amid Israel’s war against Hamas.
The House is on track Tuesday to consider two censure resolutions from Georgia Republicans against Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American woman to serve in Congress. One resolution was introduced by Rep. Rich McCormick; the other is from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Tlaib has defended herself against the censure attempts, arguing that they are an effort to silence her and saying that her “colleagues have resorted to distorting my positions in resolutions filled with obvious lies.”
After the House voted to block a resolution from Greene to censure Tlaib last week, Greene put forward a new version of the resolution that drops a reference to a pro-Palestinian protest at the Capitol as an “insurrection,” which had made some Republicans uncomfortable. But McCormick’s resolution is expected to have more support from Republicans because the language is narrower and more tailored to recent events.
House Democratic leaders are urging their members to vote to table – or block – the resolutions, but a number of Democrats have been critical of Tlaib over her defense of the pro-Palestinian chant “from the river to the sea.”
The Anti-Defamation League describes the chant “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” as “an antisemitic slogan” and “rallying cry (that) has long been used by anti-Israel voices, including supporters of terrorist organizations such as Hamas.”
Tlaib has defended the phrase, writing on X, “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…
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