Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) railed against Israel at a Sunday rally, calling Gaza the U.S.’s “compass” and claiming “funders of genocide are running scared.”
Speaking at the People’s Conference for Palestine — which featured speakers tied to terrorist groups — she accused Israel and the U.S. of starving Gaza’s children and using military force to “kill and torture and kidnap people around the world.”
“The supporters and funders of genocide are running scared. I’m watching it happen every single day in Congress,” Tlaib said in her speech. “They can only hold us off for so long. We are growing and becoming louder. The more Palestinians they kill, the louder we are getting. The louder we’re getting, the more children they starve. We cannot be ignored.”
Tlaib has repeatedly accused Israel of war crimes in Gaza and called for Prime Minister Netanyahu’s arrest. She also backs the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, pushing institutions to cut ties with Israel.
Tlaib also attended the 2024 gathering, where speakers included Wissam Rafidi of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, who branded the U.S. “the head of the serpent” and “the greatest liars in history.”
“These Zionists lie like they breathe,” Rafidi said during his speech last year. “I want to assure everyone that there is no longer a place for a two-state solution for any Palestinian. The only solution is one democratic Palestinian land which will end the Zionist project in Palestine…Hamas is part of the resistance of the Palestinian people.”
Rep. Rashida Tlaib at the People’s Conference for Palestine:
“Every genocide enabler, look at this room motherfu**kers, we ain’t going anywhere.”
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