Highlights: The vote was something of a surprise: Tlaib, a staunch liberal who’s been harshly critical of Israel, has few fans in the GOP when it comes to Middle Eastern politics. It’s unclear why several Republicans came to her rescue during Wednesday’s vote.
The censure resolution — sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — had accused Tlaib of “leading an insurrection” for her participation in an anti-war protest last month at the Capitol, organized by Jewish groups, which featured scores of arrests.
Pro-Israel Democrats, who might have been inclined to censure Tlaib’s comments, had hammered Greene for her inaccurate characterization of a peace protest — albeit a rowdy one — and for sensationalizing Tlaib’s role in orchestrating it. They were also leery that Greene’s “insurrectionist” language had trivialized the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Trump.
No, she intentionally used this language to dilute the impact of the actual, real, attempted insurrection on Jan 6. She’s trying to normalize the phrase so people don’t associate the word with violently storming the capitol trying to hang the vice president.
Just like how Trump has started calling the January 6th insurrectionists that were sentenced to jail “the J6 Hostages.” It’s meant to both evoke images of people being wrongly held against their will by an evil group and to trivialize the word “hostage.”
Yep, they’ve been calling every protest at the Capitol an insurrection, so they can lump Jan 6th into the bucket of ‘protests at the Capitol’, which are basically a weekly occurrence that typically don’t even make the news.
deleted by creator
The president amplifying all the incredible stupid shit she says would be the worst possible politcal move.
Its a good thing we have a strong president who doesnt use his bully pulpit to respond to petty and stupid bullshit all day.
deleted by creator
You think the president of the united states, the head of the executive branch and the military, who makes endless decisions that directly steer our nation all day long, should directly and overly concern himself with a single lunatic house member who endorsed qanon and jewish space lasers? A person whose brand is based on high profile conflict? The president should ignore his duties to engage with her, to directly empower and boost her brand with her base, for what possible gain?
No, it’s not his job at all to slap down an errant house member. Im sure his press secretary has many times though, as dealing with lunatic comments is part of their direct role. Why havent you prasied them for their work handling her?
deleted by creator
Y’all really want the president to argue with every crazy motherfucker that wants his spotlight, huh?
Shouldn’t he be doing a sit down with Tucker Carlson, go on Bannons podcast? Hit up the OAN circuit? Maybe go on some “skeptic” YouTuber channels? They are all crazy terrorist supporters, so he needs to go toe to toe with them nonstop too, right?
MTG is a piece of shit that got her start in politics by stalking and harrasing the parkland survivors. Engaging with her is exactly what gives her power. Why are you so insistent the most powerful person on earth, who has way more fucking important things to do than argue with loons, go and give her his spotlight?
deleted by creator
Uh huh. Yall cheering for Trumps “Twitter dunks” to be what the president’s job is now, and youre saying I’m confused about what the role is about.
Sure thing man.