Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced a resolution to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib for “antisemitic activity, sympathizing with terrorist organizations and leading an insurrection” at the Capitol.
Ms. Greene, Georgia Republican, accused the Michigan Democrat, a member of Congress’ far-left Squad, as leading a pro-Palestinian insurrection on Capitol Hill last week. Hundreds of protesters flooded the Cannon House Office Building calling for a cease-fire while yelling statements like “let Gaza live” and donning shirts and waving signs that read, “Jews say cease fire now.”
Reports said roughly 300 people were arrested during the protests. Three were charged with assault on a police officer during processing, according to the Capitol Police’s X page.
Ms. Tlaib, who is of Palestinian descent, spoke at the protest, where she blamed Israel for the explosion in Gaza near a hospital that reports later said was caused by a misfiring missile from a Jihad group associated with Hamas. She faced backlash after she didn’t take back her statement.
“Tlaib led a pro-Hamas insurrection into the Capitol complex, has repeatedly displayed her anti-Semitic beliefs, and shown her hatred for Israel,” Ms. Greene wrote on X Thursday.
“She must be held accountable and censured,” she wrote in the post that featured a clip of her introducing the resolution on the House floor Thursday.
Ms. Greene filed the motion as a privileged resolution to force the House to vote on it within two legislative days.
In the resolution, Ms. Greene lists other instances of “antisemitic activity” from Ms. Tlaib, including in 2019 when she said she celebrated the Holocaust and felt a “calming feeling” when thinking of the genocide of the Jewish people.
The resolution also mentioned Ms. Tlaib calling Israel’s government an “apartheid government” and saying the “path to the future must include lifting the blockade, ending the occupation and dismantling the apartheid system that creates the suffocating dehumanizing conditions that can lead to resistance.”
Ms. Tlaib did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.