Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) said in a statement she will not visit Israel “under these oppressive conditions,” even though her humanitarian request to visit her grandmother, who lives in the occupied West Bank, had been approved, the Washington Post reports.
New Jersey Official Wishes for Lawmaker’s Death
Daniel Leonard, who serves on a regional school board in New Jersey, wrote in a Facebook post that his “life would be complete” if Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) dies, the Asbury Park Press reports.
Bonus Quote of the Day
“I wouldn’t use that language. I don’t — again establish any language standard for my colleagues but I don’t think it’s anything worse than what the president has said.”
— Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), quoted by NBC News, on a viral video of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) saying “we’re going to impeach the motherfucker.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“And when your son looks at you and says, ‘Momma, look you won. Bullies don’t win.’ And I said, ‘Baby, they don’t.’ Because we’re going to go in there, we’re going to impeach the motherfucker.”
— Newly sworn-in Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), quoted by CBS News.
Washington Post: “Tlaib offered no apologies for her remark, which dominated talk on Capitol Hill one day after Democrats took power in the House and drew criticism from party leaders who said it was not productive. It gave Trump an opening, and he seized the opportunity to portray Democrats as unfairly persecuting him.”
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