{"id":2218434,"date":"2024-04-11T13:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T17:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rashida-tlaib-says-she-doesnt-talk-to-people-who-use-racist-tropes\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T13:23:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T17:23:21","slug":"rashida-tlaib-says-she-doesnt-talk-to-people-who-use-racist-tropes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rashida-tlaib-says-she-doesnt-talk-to-people-who-use-racist-tropes\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashida Tlaib avoids conversing with individuals who use racist stereotypes"},"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\">20<\/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%2Frashida-tlaib-says-she-doesnt-talk-to-people-who-use-racist-tropes%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=2218434&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--><p>Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., \u2064Mich.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">refused<\/a>\u200c to condemn chants of \u200b&#8221;death to America&#8221; and &#8220;death to Israel,&#8221; redirecting attention \u2064to Fox News for allegedly using &#8220;racist tropes.&#8221; Tlaib \u2064emphasized not engaging with Fox \u2063News due to their \u200dpurported dissemination of racist stereotypes. This follows her defense \u2062of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.)\u2063 against allegations of anti-Semitic remarks. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) chose not to\u2063 condemn\u2063 chants of &#8220;death to America&#8221; and \u2062&#8221;death to Israel,&#8221; instead shifting the focus to Fox News\u2064 for using what she perceives as &#8220;racist tropes.&#8221; Tlaib cited this as \u2062the reason for avoiding engagements with \u2062Fox News and reiterated her support for\u200c Rep.\u200d Ilhan Omar\u200d (D., Minn.) amidst accusations\u2063 of anti-Semitic comments.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tReps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar (Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) on Thursday refused to condemn recent chants of\u00a0 &#8220;death to America&#8221; and &#8220;death to Israel&#8221; from protesters in her district, instead accusing Fox News of using &#8220;racist tropes.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I don\u2019t talk to Fox News. I don\u2019t talk to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">people<\/a> who use racist tropes,&#8221; Tlaib <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRCC\/status\/1778429708624887822\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>  when a Fox News reporter asked her whether she would condemn the anti-America and anti-Israel <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/08\/us-news\/anti-israel-protesters-chant-death-to-america-death-to-israel\/\"><span>chants<\/span><\/a><span>  at a rally last Friday in Dearborn, Mich.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span>Why are you afraid to talk to Fox?&#8221; the reporter asked Tlaib, to which the congresswoman replied, &#8220;Using racist tropes towards my community is what Fox News is about, and I don\u2019t talk to Fox News. \u2026 You guys know exactly what you do. I know you are Islamophobic.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tlaib\u2019s remarks came after she has repeatedly defended Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), a fellow &#8220;Squad&#8221; member with a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ilhan-omar-controversies-anti-semitism\"><span>history<\/span><\/a><span>  of engaging in anti-Semitic rhetoric, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-they-want-to-boycott-us-why-dont-we-boycott-them-rand-paul-slams-mlb-over-boycott-of-georgia\/\" title=\"WATCH: \u2018They Want To Boycott Us, Why Don\u2019t We Boycott Them\u2019: Rand Paul Slams MLB Over Boycott Of Georgia\">accusing politicians<\/a> of having &#8220;dual loyalty&#8221; to Israel and saying political support for the Jewish state is &#8220;all about the Benjamins.&#8221; &#8220;The GOP is now doing what it\u2019s best at\u2014weaponizing hate against a black, beautiful, Muslim woman,&#8221; Tlaib said in a speech in February 2023 before the House voted to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/congress-boots-anti-semitic-democrat-ilhan-omar-from-foreign-affairs-committee\/\"><span>remove<\/span><\/a>  Omar<span> from the Foreign Affairs Committee over her anti-Semitic comments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tlaib has also come under fire for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/rashida-tlaib-wrote-column-louis-farrakhans-blog-2019-2\"><span>publishing<\/span><\/a><span>  an article in 2006 on <\/span><i><span>The Final Call<\/span><\/i><span>, a blog founded and run by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who &#8220;has a long history of anti-Semitic, misogynistic, and homophobic tirades,&#8221; according to <\/span><i><span>Business Insider<\/span><\/i><span>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In November, the Michigan Democrat <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/fresh-off-anti-semitism-censure-tlaib-speaks-at-pro-hamas-ceasefire-rally\/\"><span>spoke<\/span><\/a><span>  at an event hosted by Muslim groups known for being anti-Semitic and supporting Hamas. The executive director at one of the groups, American Muslims for Palestine, called Jewish people &#8220;despicable&#8221; and praised Hamas terrorists as &#8220;martyrs.&#8221; <\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>Tlaib also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/six-tlaib-fundraisers-linked-to-terrorism-report-says\/\"><span>employed<\/span><\/a><span>  at least six &#8220;terror-linked activists who all served as cohosts for fundraisers for her 2018 congressional campaign,&#8221; according to a watchdog report. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/4583463-white-house-condemns-death-to-america-chants-at-rally-in-dearborn-mich\/\"><span>denounced<\/span><\/a><span>  the chants in Tlaib\u2019s district. Dearborn mayor Abdullah Hammoud (D.) also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AHammoudMI\/status\/1777385167570571402\"><span>criticized<\/span><\/a><span>  the chants as &#8220;unacceptable and contrary to the heart of this city,&#8221; adding that &#8220;we reject all inflammatory and violent statements made at the gathering.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) declined to denounce &#8220;death to America&#8221; and &#8220;death to Israel&#8221; chants by protesters in her district, shifting focus to Fox News for alleged use of &#8220;racist tropes,&#8221; stating, &#8220;I don\u2019t talk to Fox News. I don\u2019t talk to people who use racist stereotypes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2807,"featured_media":2218435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tlaib-omar.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2218434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tlaib-omar.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2218434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2218435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2218434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2218434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2218434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}