Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced a measure to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Thursday, accusing the far-left Michigan congresswoman of “antisemitic activity” dating back to 2019 and culminating in an “antisemitic insurrection” at the US Capitol.
The Georgia Republican’s measure was introduced as a privileged resolution, meaning House leadership will be forced to take action on the bill within two legislative days — either bringing it to the floor for a vote or voting to table it.
“Tlaib led a pro-Hamas insurrection into the Capitol complex, has repeatedly displayed her anti-Semitic beliefs, and shown her hatred for Israel,” Greene wrote on X. “She must be held accountable and censured.”
She expects every Republican to vote in support of censuring Tlaib and hopes some Democrats back her measure as well.
“Every member of Congress will be on record. Including every Democrat,” Greene tweeted. “Will they condemn Rashida Tlaib’s hatred or support her sympathy for terrorists?”
Greene’s resolution points to several controversial statements made by Tlaib since she was first sworn into Congress in 2019, accusing her of espousing antisemitic beliefs.
“In May 2019, Rashida Tlaib said that she celebrated the Holocaust, and felt a ‘calming feeling’ when thinking about the genocide of millions of Jews,” the resolution states.
“In 2020, Rashida Tlaib retweeted an illustration with the caption, ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,’ and this Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) slogan has been adopted by Hamas and calls for the elimination of Israel and the death of all Jews,” Greene cites as an example of antisemitism displayed by Tlaib.
Greene accuses Tlaib of “leading an anti-American and antisemitic insurrection on October 18, 2023” and following “Hezbollah’s orders to carry out a ‘day of unprecedented anger’ in the wake of the bombing of a Gaza Strip hospital, which Israeli and US officials say was the result of a misfired Palestinian terror group rocket.
More than 300 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested by Capitol Police last week after they converged on the US Capitol complex demanding a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
“I think the White House and everyone thinks we’re just gonna sit back and let this just continue to happen. No!” Tlaib said, addressing some of the activists outside the Cannon House Office Building.
Tlaib has repeatedly refused to accept the findings of US and Israeli officials related to the Gaza hospital bombing, and Greene accuses the congresswoman of “lying about Israel’s responsibility for the attack.”
“Members of Congress who denounce the United States while praising terrorist organizations are unfit to hold office,” Greene argues in the legislation’s text.
Greene’s resolution is co-sponsored by six Republican House GOP members.
House lawmakers are slated to leave Washington Thursday night and be out of session until Wednesday.
At least one Democratic House member, Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz has said that Congress should consider voting to censure Tlaib over her refusal to accept US and Israeli findings regarding last week’s bombing at the Al Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City.
“I continue to be disappointed in members of Congress who are not willing to listen to US intelligence and listen to the Biden administration, who have said Israel had nothing to do with the issue that happened in the parking lot of the hospital,” Moskowitz told Fox News “Outnumbered” co-host Kayleigh McEnany on Tuesday.
“Oh, listen, I think once we get a House speaker here, I think that censure resolution will come to the floor. And I do think it’s something that everyone should consider,” Moskowitz added.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) also indicated Thursday that he would support a formal censure of Tlaib, telling “The Guy Benson Show” that he expects a vote on reprimanding the congresswoman next week.
Tlaib, a member of the far-left “Squad” of House lawmakers, on Monday called for an “independent investigation” into the hospital bombing, alleging that the US and Israel both have “long, documented histories of misleading the public about wars and war crimes.”
