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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) was called out — including by some nonpartisan critics — for seemingly referring to the U.S. as “they” in a post condemning the attack on Iran, even though she is an elected member of the U.S. Congress.
“Both the U.S. and genocidal Israel doesn’t care about the laws. This is who they are,” Tlaib posted on X on Saturday. Her post included footage of a school that was hit in the military strikes and claimed approximately 40 people were killed; The New York Times on Sunday reported “dozens” were killed in the attack, according to “Iranian health officials and state media.”
Tlaib’s use of “they” stood out to many on X.
Journalist and former New Yorker writer James Surowiecki told Tlaib “You’re a member of Congress. Don’t call the U.S. ‘they.’”
Fox News host Mark Levin sarcastically dubbed Tlaib a “brainiac” and said the Iranian people were overwhelmingly in favor of the strikes against the Ayatollah. “I’m sure they despise you,” he added.
And his Fox News colleague Guy Benson also ripped Tlaib, branding her a “Terrorism apologist” who “uncritically parrots regime propaganda (as she often has for Hamas).”
Conservative commentator Stephen L. Miller suggested Tlaib could leave the USA if she hated it so much. “Ma’am you are free to go,” he posted.
Commentary editor John Podhoretz pointed out she was a part of the U.S. “Or are you just, in the end, a traitor?” he asked.
And there were others on the right who were outraged by Tlaib’s remark:
Tlaib’s post was made right around the time a joint Israeli and U.S. killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Former U.S. Army General David Petraeus celebrated the mission — dubbed Operation Epic Fury by President Donald Trump — as a “stunning achievement” during a CNN interview on Saturday night.
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