Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is outraged after a political cartoon was published mocking her history of supporting anti-Israel terrorism.
Tlaib, who has repeatedly expressed antisemitic, pro-Hamas, and anti-Israel viewpoints, was hilariously mocked in a cartoon by Henry Payne last week.
The political satire, which was published in the National Review on Thursday, showed Tlaib sitting behind her desk as her pager exploded. This is a reference to Israel’s recent targeted strikes against Hezbollah terrorists — where pagers secretly manufactured by Israel and sold to Hezbollah had detonated while in the hands of thousands of terrorists. Dozens of terrorists were killed in the strike, while thousands more were wounded. There have been many reports of innocent civilians being injured in the attacks due to being in proximity to the terrorists in public areas, but the attacks have been widely praised for causing less casualties than other forms of warfare like missile strikes.
“Odd,” Tlaib says in the cartoon. “My pager just exploded.”
Cartoon: Tlaib Pager Hamashttps://t.co/wdwWCbCgmj pic.twitter.com/8AF3kA8Llk
— Henry Payne (@HenryEPayne) September 19, 2024
Tlaib had a meltdown over the cartoon in a post on X, claiming it was racist.
“Our community is already in so much pain right now,” Tlaib wrote. “This racism will incite more hate + violence against our Arab & Muslim communities, and it makes everyone less safe. It’s disgraceful that the media continues to normalize this racism.”
Thank you, Mayor @AHammoudMI, for speaking up. Our community is already in so much pain right now. This racism will incite more hate + violence against our Arab & Muslim communities, and it makes everyone less safe. It’s disgraceful that the media continues to normalize this… https://t.co/JTn2mur4Yj
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) September 20, 2024
She was joined by several other far-left members of Congress in attacking the cartoon, with the radical anti-Israel lawmakers claiming it was “racist” and “Islamophobic.”
Meanwhile, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Research Fellow Hussain Abdul-Hussain has spoken out in defense of the cartoon — pointing out that it there is “nothing racist” about calling out Tlaib for her abhorrent views.
“This cartoon is against Tlaib for her support of Hezbollah and Hamas,” he wrote in a lengthy post on X. “Tlaib represents some Arabs and Muslims in America and her own opinion, but NOT all Arabs and Muslims in America, many of whom vehemently oppose her views.”
“To lump all Arabs and Muslims in American into one person —Tlaib — is racism,” he added. “We, Arabs and Muslims, are — like all other races and religions — diverse and have clashing views, and no one person embodies or symbolizes all of us, unless you think we all look and think the same.”
Let's discuss the @detroitnews cartoon and how everyone who attacked it was racist.
Had the woman behind the desk been depicted as a generic Arab or Muslim man or woman — for example with a hijab or a male headdress — and without her name in front of her, while showing a blown… pic.twitter.com/cBTZOG6Wzj
— Hussain Abdul-Hussain (@hahussain) September 21, 2024
Tlaib has a long history of antisemitism and expressing sympathy for terrorists. She has also repeatedly called for the elimination of Israel as a nation, even after the devastating October 7 massacre committed by Hamas terrorists in Israel. Tlaib’s antisemitism has even led to her being censured by Congress for supporting the genocide of Israel through pushing Hamas propaganda. She even went so far as to refuse to vote to condemn rape and sexual violence committed by Hamas in their attacks on Israel.
NEW: The House has approved a resolution condemning r*pe and s*xual violence committed by Hamas in their war with Israel.
The vote was 418-0-1.
Who was the only person to not condemn Hamas r*pe?
Rashida Tlaib. She voted "Present" pic.twitter.com/DlRAll53iN
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 14, 2024
Tlaib was also caught on video smirking when asked about Hamas murdering innocent women and babies.
Watch Rep. Rashida Tlaib refuse to condemn Hamas terrorists and smirk when asked about Hamas murdering women and babies. pic.twitter.com/lsuWIXSQIx
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 11, 2023
It is clear to anyone who has watched Tlaib’s actions and listened to her rhetoric over the years that she supports Islamic terrorism, which was the point of the political cartoon. It had nothing to do with her being a Muslim woman, and everything to do with her abhorrent views.
