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The Daily

The Freshmen: Rashida Tlaib, Part 2

The Daily

The New York Times

News, Daily News

4.3107.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

When we last spoke with Representative Rashida Tlaib, she had just been sworn in — and had fulfilled the fears of Democratic leaders by calling for the impeachment of President Trump. In the months since, she’s been challenging her party on a different front, attracting controversy for her criticisms of Israel, which some have characterized as anti-Semitic. Ms. Tlaib has repeatedly denied that there’s any anti-Semitism behind what she’s said. But she hasn’t spoken at length about the controversy or explained where she’s coming from. So a few weeks ago, we traveled back to visit her at her congressional office in Detroit. Guests: Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan; and Andy Mills and Jessica Cheung, producers for “The Daily.” For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. This episode contains explicit language. Background reading:Remarks by Ms. Tlaib about the Palestinian role in the founding of Israel further inflamed a feud over the Jewish state, anti-Semitism and the first two Muslim women in the House.This episode of “The Daily” includes excerpts from an interview with Ms. Tlaib on “Skullduggery,” a podcast from Yahoo News. Listen to the full interview here.

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A freshman Democrat from Michigan using file language in public to call for the impeachment

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of President Trump.

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Well, you know, she said on Twitter, I'm unapologetically me.

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You know, I'm not going to say I'm sorry and I'm not going to change.

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You cannot accomplish very much of anything unless you have civility.

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You know, I have a little bit of a potty mouth, but at the same time, it's more because of

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my passion and just this fire that's in me constantly about fighting for justice.

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Just a few days after her exploitive laden vow to impeach President Trump, Congresswoman

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