Republican lawmakers criticized Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich, over her membership in a secret Fb group the place people praised Hamas after their terrorist assault on Israel that left greater than 1,000 of its residents lifeless.
Tlaib has quietly been a member of the Palestinian American Congress group on Fb for a number of years. The personal group, which solely its members can discover and entry, consists of members who heaped reward on the terrorist group after its bloody Oct. 7 invasion, which Fox Information Digital reported Wednesday after gaining entry to it.
Following the report, Republican politicians denounced Tlaib over her membership within the group.
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib is a member of a personal Fb group the place members praised Hamas following its Oct. 7 assault on Israel. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP through Getty Pictures)
“That is repulsive. Each member of Congress, Republican and Democrat, must condemn [Rashida Tlaib] for being a member of this pro-terrorist group,” Florida Republican Sen. Tim Scott wrote on X, previously Twitter.
California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa advised Fox Information Digital that he believes the Democratic Occasion has a worsening “antisemitism downside.”
“These studies solely add to my conclusion that the Democrat Occasion — together with within the Home of Representatives — has a transparent and current antisemitism downside,” Issa stated. “And it seems to be getting worse.”
Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn commented that such associations for congressional members are worrisome.
“Rashida Tlaib seems to be a part of a bunch that has glorified the horrific October seventh terrorist assaults on Israel,” Blackburn stated on X. “These associations by sitting members of Congress proceed to raise concern.”
Tlaib initially joined the Palestinian American Congress group in 2018 and has been lively in it prior to now. Its founder, Maher Abdel-qader, has longstanding ties to Tlaib and has confronted scrutiny for his antisemitic social media posts.
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Tlaib has an extended historical past of anti-Israel feedback. (Invoice Clark / CQ-Roll Name Inc. through Getty Pictures)
After the Hamas assault, a number of people took to the discussion board within the Palestinian American Congress group to share messages backing the terrorist group.
On Oct. 10, certainly one of its members opined in regards to the American media naming Hamas a terrorist group however not mentioning “the killing of Palestinian ladies, kids and whole households killed on a each day basses (sic) by the [peace-loving] state of Israel utilizing American items of weapons and jet fighters.”
“Yesterday I did not see Hamas I noticed the grand youngsters (sic) of the refugees that ethnically cleansed from their homeland attacking the grand youngsters (sic) of the colonists whom despatched them to diaspora,” they wrote.
Days later, on Oct. 12, one other member wrote, “We do not wish to throw you within the sea…we would like you to trip it again from the place you got here.” The message contained a photograph of an aged Israeli lady and a Hamas fighter holding her captive.
One other member of the group praised the “achievements” of the “resistance in Northern occupied Palestine,” which referenced dozens of lifeless Israeli troopers.
Different people within the personal group posted pro-Hamas photos and messages all year long.
Tlaib, in the meantime, has an extended historical past of anti-Israel remarks and lately discovered herself in scorching water over her feedback after Hamas’ invasion, main the Home of Representatives to vote to censure her in a largely symbolic denunciation.
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., requires a cease-fire in Gaza throughout an indication exterior the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 18, 2023. (Reuters / Leah Millis)
Tlaib and the founding father of the key Fb group, Abdel-qader, even have an intensive historical past.
Abdel-qader has been an important fundraiser for Tlaib and previously acted as chairman of her finance committee throughout her 2018 congressional marketing campaign. Throughout that point, Tlaib launched him by the title at a marketing campaign occasion and supplied him a medal to point out appreciation for his assist together with her marketing campaign.
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Abdel-qader has additionally confronted scrutiny over his previous statements and social media posts, which included his sharing of a video that referred to as Jews “satanic” and questioned whether or not 6 million of them had died within the Holocaust. He later walked again these feedback.
Tlaib’s congressional workplace and Abdel-qader have but to reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for touch upon the group and her membership in it.
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