{"id":1283582,"date":"2022-02-08T22:53:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T03:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1283582"},"modified":"2022-02-08T22:53:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T03:53:21","slug":"report-rep-rashida-tlaibs-campaign-paid-170k-to-anti-israel-activist-who-called-for-defunding-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-rep-rashida-tlaibs-campaign-paid-170k-to-anti-israel-activist-who-called-for-defunding-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Rep. Rashida Tlaib&#039;s Campaign Paid $170K to &#039;Anti-Israel Activist&#039; Who &#039;Called for Defunding Police&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-rep-rashida-tlaibs-campaign-paid-170k-to-anti-israel-activist-who-called-for-defunding-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1283582&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Angry-Rashida-Tlaib-Confronts-Detroit-Police-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Far-left Rep. Rashida Tlaib\u2019s (D-MI) campaign paid $170,000 to an \u201canti-Israel activist\u201d who has \u201ccalled for defunding the police multiple times,\u201d Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/tlaib-spent-150k-consulting-anti-israel-activist-defund-police\">reported<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet found:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>Tlaib\u2019s campaign has paid $147,000 to Unbought Power LLC, a political consulting and advocacy firm run by Rasha Mubarak, since March 2020. Tlaib\u2019s leadership PAC, Rooted in Community Leadership, which lists Mubarak as a \u201ctreasurer,\u201d has paid Unbought Power another $23,000 since October 2020, according to Federal Elections Commission (FEC) filings reviewed by Fox News Digital.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the report, Mubarak is a Palestinian Muslim American \u201ccommunity activist\u201d who has made anti-Israel statements online, including calling Israel an \u201capartheid state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThese aren\u2019t clashes\u2014 it\u2019s an ongoing occupation. These aren\u2019t evictions\u2014 they are forced expulsions,\u201d Mubarak tweeted last summer. \u201cThis isn\u2019t a conflict\u2014 it\u2019s settler colonialism, it\u2019s ethnic cleansing, it\u2019s oppression, it\u2019s apartheid.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSay it loud. Say it clear. Palestine will be FREE. #SaveSheikhJarrah,\u201d she wrote.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These aren\u2019t clashes\u2014 it\u2019s an ongoing occupation<\/p>\n<p>These aren\u2019t evictions\u2014 they are forced expulsions<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t a conflict\u2014 it\u2019s settler colonialism, it\u2019s ethnic cleansing, it\u2019s oppression, it\u2019s apartheid<\/p>\n<p>Say it loud. Say it clear. Palestine will be FREE\ud83d\udd4a<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveSheikhJarrah?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaveSheikhJarrah<\/a> \u270c\ud83c\udffd<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rasha (@RashaMK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RashaMK\/status\/1391111633687220229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In September last year, Mubarak tweeted at Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), who is Jewish, and slammed him for disagreeing with Tlaib that Israel is an apartheid state:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Oh look it\u2019s @RepTedDeutch throwing another tantrum. He used his time to attack @RashidaTlaib for underscoring facts also made by Human Rights Watch &amp; @btselem \u2014 Israel is indeed an apartheid state. He\u2019s flustered bc how else does one rebuttal the truth? Bullying &amp; disparagement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh look it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepTedDeutch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepTedDeutch<\/a> throwing another tantrum. He used his time to attack <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RashidaTlaib?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RashidaTlaib<\/a> for underscoring facts also made by Human Rights Watch &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btselem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@btselem<\/a> \u2014 Israel is indeed an apartheid state. He&#8217;s flustered bc how else does one rebuttal the truth? Bullying &amp; disparagement <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PfVWc9R5rp\">https:\/\/t.co\/PfVWc9R5rp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rasha (@RashaMK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RashaMK\/status\/1441158624647077888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mubarak has also repeatedly said on social media that the United States should \u201cabolish the police\u201d and that she is an \u201cabolitionist\u201d regarding police. In 2020, she tweeted saying Orange County should \u201cdefund the police,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p><span>Tlaib\u2019s campaign and Unbought Power did not respond to Fox News\u2019s request for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Eric Ventimiglia, executive director for Michigan Rising Action, released a <a href=\"https:\/\/michiganrisingaction.org\/2022\/02\/08\/rashida-tlaib-funnels-170000-to-anti-israel-group\/\">statement<\/a> following Fox News\u2019s report saying that giving funds to an \u201canti-police\u201d and \u201canti-Israel group\u201d is \u201cdangerous for the community she represents and fuels attacks on Michigan\u2019s Jewish community.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&nbsp;\u201cAnti-semitism is gripping our nation because so-called \u2018leaders\u2019 like Rashida Tlaib use their platform to push their hateful agenda,\u201d Ventimiglia said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Far-left Rep. Rashida Tlaib\u2019s (D-MI) campaign paid $170,000 to an \u201canti-Israel activist\u201d who has \u201ccalled for defunding the police multiple times,\u201d Fox News reported on Tuesday. 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