The House of Representatives was set to deliberate Wednesday evening on whether to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for dueling inflammatory rhetoric.
Now that the U.S. House of Representatives finally has a speaker, lawmakers are picking up the threads dropped after Rep. Matt Gaetz forced the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy last month. One of those threads before new speaker Mike Johnson is the matter of the accusations his two colleagues have been lobbing against each other for weeks.
Tlaib, the House’s only Palestinian-American and a Muslim, has been critical of Israel’s response to the heinous attacks by Hamas on Oct. 7. Her current nemesis in this regard, conspiracy theorist Greene, has accused Tlaib of supporting Hamas.
The Michigan lawmaker was one of numerous people who blamed Israel for a bomb blast at a Gaza hospital that was later determined to be caused by a misfired Palestinian rocket. Tlaib apologized.
Nonetheless, Greene has falsely accused her colleague across the aisle of “leading an insurrection” in the Capitol’s office complex for her participation in a pro-Palestine rally last month that was organized by Jewish advocacy groups. “Antisemitic activity” and “sympathizing with terrorist organizations” were also on the list, according to NBC News.
Last week Greene introduced the censure resolution, prompting House Democrats to introduce a censure resolution of their own, citing Greene’s “overt Islamophobic attack on the only Palestinian-American member of Congress.” They also noted her penchant for spouting “racist rhetoric and conspiracy theories.”
Tlaib, for her part, said Greene’s “unhinged” resolution is “deeply Islamophobic, and attacks peaceful Jewish anti-war advocates.”
She was not even at the indoor protest, NBC News noted, but did speak at a rally outside the Capitol.
With News Wire Services
