Category: Rashida Tlaib

Speaker McCarthy Blocks Rep. Tlaib’s ‘Anti-Israel’ Event on Capitol Hill

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has blocked Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) from hosting a May 10 event on Capitol Hill to commemorate the Nakba, which is how Palestinians label Israel’s Independence Day. “It’s wrong for members of Congress to traffic in anti-Semitic tropes about Israel. Not only do I condemn Rep. Tlaib’s anti-Israel event on…


Financial Regulators Too Focused on ‘Climate Risks’ While Ignoring Silicon Valley Bank, Lawmakers Say

Financial regulators came under scrutiny over what congressional members see as misplaced priorities ahead of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). In a hearing on Wednesday, House Financial Services Committee chair Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) chastised Federal Reserve vice chair for supervision Michael Barr for making time “to start a review of climate risks in…


GOP Right to Deny Ilhan Omar a Committee Seat

Commentary Poor Ilhan Omar has been denied a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “I certainly did not or was not aware that the word ‘hypnotized’ was a trope,” the congresswoman told CNN’s Dana Bash this week. “I wasn’t aware of the fact that there are tropes about Jews and money. That has been…


Drill for a Greener Planet

Commentary One of the worst movies ever made–apart from the bottomless pit of direct-to-video fare—has got to be 2003’s “The Core,” starring Hilary Swank and the insufferable Stanley Tucci. Swiping the Booby Prize long held by 1977’s “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” this “save the planet from itself” journey to the soft Tootsie Roll center of…


An American Repudiation of Tlaib and Waters

Commentary House Democrats have produced two radical demagogues whose policies would endanger the lives of innocent Americans, lead to the breakdown of society, and undermine the U.S. Constitution. Specifically, Reps. Maxine Waters and Rashida Tlaib have recently acted in ways that reflect unfavorably on the House of Representatives and betray their oaths to uphold and…


Rep. Tlaib’s Comments on ‘Inherently Racist’ Policing Are ‘Reckless and Disgusting’: Detroit Police Chief

Detroit Police chief James Craig said on Monday that it was “reckless and disgusting” for Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-Mich.) to say that policing in the United States is “inherently & intentionally racist.” In an appearance on CNN, the police chief was asked about Tlaib’s fiery tweet, in which she claimed that the recent police-involved shooting…