House advances Tlaib censure resolution, teeing up final vote

[mystery-ak]

 House advances Tlaib censure resolution, teeing up final vote
by Mychael Schnell - 11/07/23 2:43 PM ET

The House advanced a resolution to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Tuesday, teeing up a final vote on legislation penalizing the Michigan Democrat for her criticism of Israel following Hamas’s attack on the U.S. ally last month.

The chamber defeated a Democratic-led motion to kill the resolution 208-213-1.

One Democrat voted to advance the resolution, while six Republicans voted to kill it.

Democratic leadership had urged members to shelve the legislation. The majority of the caucus defended Tlaib’s right to make the controversial comments, citing the First Amendment, despite most disagreeing with her words.

The House will now debate the resolution, sponsored by Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.). A final vote is expected Wednesday, and the measure requires majority support in the chamber.

While symbolic, censure measure carry little weight. There are no repercussions for the non-binding resolution following the vote, though it carries the stigma of being disciplined by a lawmaker’s colleagues.

Tuesday’s vote marked the second time in a week that the House weighed in on a resolution to censure Tlaib — the only Palestinian American serving in Congress — for her comments in the wake of Hamas’s attack on Israel.

Twenty-three Republicans joined Democrats last week in voting to kill a Tlaib censure resolution sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), with some voicing concern with the language in the legislation, which accused Tlaib of “inciting an insurrection” for her participation in an anti-war protest.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4297873-house-advances-tlaib-censure-resolution-teeing-up-final-vote/

[Wingnut]

She is not an American anything.  She is a Hamas agent.

[catfish1957]

She is not an American anything.  She is a Hamas agent.

That in a more sane, common sense time would be incarcerated.

[Fishrrman]

Wingnut, no one could have said it better than you did.

But... shure as s***... watch some stupid Pubbies vote against censure when it's time to do so.

[mystery-ak]

House Votes to Censure Rashida Tlaib over Anti-Israel Comments

The GOP-led House of Representatives voted on Tuesday night to censure squad member Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) over anti-Israel comments.

The vote to censure Tlaib tallied 234 – 188. Only 22 Democrats joined with 212 Republicans, while only four Republicans voted against the measure, with another four voting present.

Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA), who introduced the measure, said that Tlaib’s comments were worthy of censure because she essentially called for the annihilation of Israel by sharing a video on X that included the phrase “from the river to the sea.”

“If this is not worthy of censure, what is? When you can call for the annihilation of a country and its people, if that’s not worthy of a censure, what is?” McCormick said on the House floor.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/07/house-votes-censure-rashida-tlaib-anti-israel-comments/

[dfwgator]

So?

[Bigun]

So? What does she get beyond a public tongue lashing and a strongly worded letter?

She'll be an icon in her district!

[dfwgator]

So? What does she get beyond a public tongue lashing and a strongly worded letter?

She'll be an icon in her district!

It's a Badge of Honor for her.

But I suppose the GOP will try to get more suckers to send them money because of it.

[Free Vulcan]

Don't know if it will accomplish much, unless it makes her double down and run her mouth more.

Problem is Republicans don't counter her rhetoric and verbally destroy her and the Squad when they do it.

[mountaineer]

StopAntisemitism
@StopAntisemites
CENSURED for her antisemitism, Rashida Tlaib becomes only the 26th member of the U.S.  House of Representatives to be censured.
22 members of her own party voted in favor after Tlaib mimicked the Hamas rally cry for the erasure of Israel.
8:25 AM · Nov 8, 2023

[catfish1957]

Does it now mean this bitch can get stripped of her committee membershps?

[Wingnut]

Does it now mean this bitch can get stripped of her committee membershps?

GMTA! 

[Right_in_Virginia]

So? What does she get beyond a public tongue lashing and a strongly worded letter?

She'll be an icon in her district!

But, the precedent is established ---

Michael Tracey
@mtracey

Congratulations to the GOP for sponsoring and passing the first censure resolution in the history of the House of Representatives to punish “hate speech”


10:58 AM · Nov 8, 2023