


Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) denounced the censure of fellow "Squad" Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), calling out her colleagues who voted to pass the measure.
“Do you believe she would ever wish violence on any person or group?” Bush wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Yesterday’s censure of free speech sent a message that grieving & fighting for your people is only valued if the people you’re grieving & fighting for are themselves deemed valuable.”
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.@RashidaTlaib stands for all humanity. She isn’t a danger to anyone. But yesterday you further endangered her and attempted to silence her. All because she dares to speak up for the humanity of Palestinians, for children, for her family.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) November 8, 2023
It’s shameful.
The three-term congresswoman has been heavily criticized by her Democratic and Republican colleagues for her comments on Israel and Gaza since the terror attacks by Hamas on Oct. 7.
Bush added that Tlaib “stands for all humanity. She isn’t a danger to anyone. But yesterday you further endangered her and attempted to silence her. All because she dares to speak up for the humanity of Palestinians, for children, for her family. It’s shameful.”
The House voted late Tuesday night to censure Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of Congress. The censure measure, authored by Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA), passed in a 234-188 vote — with 22 Democrats in support, and four Republicans voting against it. McCormick said Tlaib has been pushing antisemitic rhetoric with her remarks over the decadeslong conflict in the Middle East.
She became the 26th member of Congress in American history to be censured when enough Democrats voted in favor of the censure.
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McCormick said she has "levied unbelievable falsehoods about our greatest ally, Israel, and the attack on October 7."
Tlaib defended herself, saying her comments have been directed toward the Israeli government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying she won't, “be silenced and I will not let you distort my words."