Rashida Tlaib, the newly elected Palestinian-American Democrat congresswoman in Michigan, can be seen donning the Palestinian flag at her election party.
In the video below, Tlaib’s mother hugs her and drapes the Palestinian flag around her, right before Tlaib gives her victory speech:
https://twitter.com/KhaledBeydoun/status/1060027114618085377
It’s not the first time that Tlaib has literally wrapped herself in the Palestinian flag, as during her primary victory speech she also had the flag draped around her as she pledged to “fight back against every racist and oppressive structure.”
Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American woman to be elected to Congress, has voiced her support for one-state solution over a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, stating: “It has to be one state. Separate but equal does not work. I’m only 42-years old but my teachers were of that generation that marched with Martin Luther King. This whole idea of a two-state solution, it doesn’t work.”
Her position on this caused J Street to rescind their endorsement of Tlaib.
Tlaib also said she supports cutting aid to Israel because it “doesn’t support human rights.” The newly elected congresswoman has also voiced support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and was the keynote speaker at a Detroit BDS rally in 2014.
Additionally, Tlaib has issued positive tweets about convicted terrorist Rasmea Odeh.
Tlaib ran unopposed in the general election, although one of her primary opponents launched a write-in campaign against her.
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