Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Wednesday she's moving to censure fellow congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, after the Democratic lawmaker refused to apologize for blaming Israel for a deadly strike on a Gaza hospital.
The al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City was hit by a devastating blast on Tuesday night, hours before President Joe Biden's planned visit to Israel the following day. According to Palestinian officials, at least 471 people were killed in the strike, more than 314 were wounded, and hundreds of others remain under the rubble of the building.
Tlaib refused to apologize for her statement and joined thousands of protesters at a solidarity rally calling for a cease-fire in Gaza on Capitol Hill.
She criticized Biden for his supportive stance towards Israel, saying: "To my president, to our president ... I want him to know, as a Palestinian American and somebody in Muslim faith, I'm not going to forget this. And I think a lot of people are not going to forget this."
Tlaib, who is of Palestinian descent, has been under scrutiny since Hamas' surprise attack on Israel on October 7, with fellow lawmakers and reporters demanding she condemn the militant group's actions. The Michigan Democrat previously released a statement mourning the loss of life on both Israeli and Palestinian sides, but she has not directly condemned Hamas' attack.
Republicans, especially MAGA supporters like Greene, have been calling for the expulsion of Tlaib. On Wednesday, Greene wrote on X that she was moving to censure the Michigan Democrat.
"I'm writing a censure resolution for Rashida Tlaib. After what she did today, I expect even Democrats will join in," she wrote. "She is an Israel hating America hating woman who does not represent anything America stands for."
According to U.S. law, members of Congress who have been censured are required to give up any committee chairs they hold, but they're not removed from office. For rebuking a member in such a way, the House of Representative needs a speaker, a figure currently missing as the GOP is divided over who should replace ousted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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This anti Semite Greene is trying to get some Jewish backers too.
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