Rashida Tlaib target of censure resolution

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is now the target of a resolution of censure by the House of Representatives. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) introduced a privileged resolution this morning, now that the House is back in business. Greene cited Tlaib’s leading an unruly mob into a House Office Building and repeated displays of antisemitic sentiment.

Rashida Tlaib facing censure

Rep. Greene announced on X, at 10:31 a.m. EDT, her introduction of the resolution of censure:

Another user shared a photographic copy of the resolution to X:

As a privileged resolution, the censure measure will require action within two legislative days.

On Wednesday October 18, Rashida Tlaib whipped up an unruly mob outside the Cannon House Office Building on Independence Avenue.

Apparently she led that mob into the building lobby. X influencer Benny Johnson had video:

CNAV wishes to correct one impression from the Community Notes on this post. The various House and Senate Office Buildings do feature committee hearing rooms as well as Members’ offices.

In any case, Rep. Greene was present and managed to snap an incriminating image from a protester’s mobile phone:

The next day, Greene announced her intention to file a resolution to centure Rashida Tlaib.

Obviously today is the day, now that the House once again has a fully authorized Speaker.

Greene isn’t the only Member to call Tlaib to task for her conduct. Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) suggested barring Tlaib from receiving classified briefings on military operations in the Negev and Gaza theater.

Other Squad members

Rashida Tlaib is one of the charter members of The Squad. She and both the other charter members (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.) have lately sympathized with Gazans in the Fourth Arab-Israeli War. Last Sunday, Ocasio-Cortez (“AOC”) accused Israel of “war crimes,” but denied defending the atrocious conduct of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Arabic Harakah al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmiyyah, abbreviated HAMAS). Likewise, Ilhan Omar refused to support a resolution expressing support for Israel, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Fellow Democrat Richie Torres (New York) lambasted Omar on Monday for her repeated votes against any support for Israel, dating back to before the war, according to Fox News.

Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) has likewise attacked Israel in the present war. But Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), while critical of Israel, actually traveled there – and caught flak from the left for doing it. In fact Bowman might face a primary challenge from George Latimer, County Executive of Westchester County. Such a challenge would divide the Jewish community of Bowman’s district, according to The Forward.

Punchbowl’s Jake Sherman reported that House leadership would prefer not to vote on the censure resolution before Monday. A Monday vote would be within the rules governing privileged motions and resolutions.