A member of “The Squad,” Rashida Tlaib, joins Ralph to talk about her aborted trip to the Occupied Territories, Israel and Palestine, poverty in Southern Michigan, and of course, impeachment. Plus, listener questions!
Rashida Tlaib
Ralph Nader Radio Hour
Ralph Nader
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2019
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Rashida Tlaib is currently the Congresswoman for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District, which includes the city of Detroit and many surrounding communities. Representative Tlaib is a well-known progressive warrior who made history in 2008 by becoming the first Muslim woman to ever serve in the Michigan Legislature. She is beloved by residents for the transformative constituent services she provides, and for successfully fighting the billionaires and corporations that tried to pollute her district.
“We already know that corporations have tainted our democratic process on all levels of the government, not just on the federal level. For us, this (impeachment) is about our way of life… This won’t be the last crooked CEO that runs for President of the United States. So, it is really about putting our democracy first, putting our way of life first… If you really want to show your patriotism, this is the time to do it.”
Congresswoman Rashid Tlaib (D-Michigan)
“No transformative change has truly happened because of something happening in the United States Congress or out of the White House. It always happens because of grassroots movement work outside of the halls, outside of the Oval Office.”
Congresswoman Rashid Tlaib (D-Michigan)
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. |
| 0:05.0 | Stand up, stand up. |
| 0:07.0 | You've been sitting way too long. |
| 0:10.0 | Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrovan along with my co-host David Feldman. Hello David. |
| 0:19.0 | We're having our own personal town hall today. |
| 0:22.0 | Exactly. It's very exciting. |
| 0:25.0 | And we also have the man of the hour who will be the interlocutor, Ralph Nader. |
| 0:28.0 | Hello, Ralph. |
| 0:29.0 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:30.0 | We have a member of Congress. |
| 0:32.0 | That's right, and that's why I'm not going to take too much time with my intro today because I'm very excited. |
| 0:37.0 | We have on the show a member of the Squad. |
| 0:40.0 | Representative Rashita Talib joins us. |
| 0:43.0 | Representative Talib is a true progressive who focuses on issues that we highlight every week on this program, |
| 0:49.0 | environmental justice, corporate greed, economic justice. |
| 0:53.4 | And we're going to talk to her about a whole range of issues, |
| 0:56.0 | including her aborted trip to the Palestinian territories, |
| 1:00.0 | poverty in southern Michigan, Israel and Palestine, and I don't know, maybe the issue of impeachment may come up. |
| 1:05.6 | I understand that Representative Talib is on the record as having some rather strong opinions about that. |
| 1:11.3 | Bullies don't win, and I said, baby baby they don't because we're going to go in there we're going to impeach the |
| 1:16.1 | mother-f-fuh. |
| 1:17.1 | Representative Taleeb will be our only guest today but as always we will also check |
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