{"id":2234890,"date":"2024-05-01T18:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T22:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nrcc-drops-off-f-hamas-t-shirt-at-tlaibs-office-and-sparks-outrage\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T18:50:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T22:50:46","slug":"nrcc-drops-off-f-hamas-t-shirt-at-tlaibs-office-and-sparks-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nrcc-drops-off-f-hamas-t-shirt-at-tlaibs-office-and-sparks-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"NRCC delivers controversial T-shirt to Tlaib, ignites backlash"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fnrcc-drops-off-f-hamas-t-shirt-at-tlaibs-office-and-sparks-outrage%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=2234890&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>The National Republican Congressional Committee spokesperson caused outrage\u200d at Rep. Rashida \u200dTlaib&#8217;s office by\u200b delivering a &#8220;F*** Hamas&#8221; T-shirt. \u2062The incident occurred\u200b before a vote on the Antisemitism Awareness Act, \u2064aiming to \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-president-gets-standing-ovation-from-us-congress-after-pointed-message-to-aocs-squad\/\" title=\"Israeli President receives standing ovation from US Congress following strong message to AOC's 'Squad'.\">combat\u2062 antisemitism<\/a> \u2064on college campuses. The NRCC also visited other &#8220;Squad&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-ayanna-pressley-spent-thousands-of-taxpayers-dollars-on-private-security-house-records-show\/\" title=\"Rep. Ayanna Pressley Spent Thousands Of Taxpayers Dollars On Private Security, House Records Show\">member offices<\/a>, sparking controversy. The NRCC spokesperson stirred controversy at Rep. Rashida\u2063 Tlaib&#8217;s office with a &#8220;F*** Hamas&#8221; T-shirt delivery. This occurred prior \u200cto the Antisemitism Awareness Act vote targeting \u2064campus antisemitism. The NRCC&#8217;s visits to other &#8220;Squad&#8221; members&#8217; offices also fueled disputes.  <\/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<p>A spokesperson for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nrcc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"National Republican Congressional Committee\">National Republican Congressional Committee<\/a> said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/entire-school-board-resigns-after-mocking-parents\/\" title=\"Entire school board resigns after mocking parents\">sparked outrage<\/a> at Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rashida-tlaib\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rashida Tlaib\">Rashida Tlaib<\/a>\u2018s (D-MI) congressional office when they dropped off a \u201cF*** <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"National Republican Congressional Committee\">Hamas<\/a>\u201d T-shirt on Wednesday morning ahead of the vote on the bipartisan Antisemitism Awareness Act, a bill that supporters say help combat antisemitism on college campuses.<\/p>\n<p>In a video given to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> by the NRCC, an unidentified female NRCC staffer is seen knocking on Tlaib\u2019s congressional office door and handing a shirt to a staffer in her office. The staffer responds with a \u201cthank you\u201d and closes the door.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>An NRCC spokesperson told the<em> Washington Examiner<\/em> that after leaving Tlaib\u2019s office, the female staffer waited for the elevator and a member of Tlaib\u2019s office, who she believed to be Michael Cobb, came running down the hall after her, repeatedly screaming, \u201cExcuse me! Where are you from? That was very rude!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The female NRCC staffer grabbed her phone to record Cobb.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did we do that was rude?\u201d the NRCC staffer is heard asking him as he turned back to his office upon realizing she was recording him. \u201cIt\u2019s a terrorist organization. Do you agree with Hamas?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cExtreme House Democrats think it\u2019s \u2018rude\u2019 to insult their favorite terror organization and the inspiration for the antisemitic campus protests they all support,\u201d NRCC national press secretary Will Reinert said to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s clear they\u2019ll always side with Hamas over Jewish students\u2019 safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NRCC also dropped off the \u201cF*** Hamas\u201d T-shirt at the other House Democratic \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/squad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Squad\">Squad<\/a>\u201d member offices, including Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).<\/p>\n<p>The NRCC began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2978611\/nrcc-selling-f-hamas-t-shirts-counter-campus-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"selling the shirt on April 24\">selling the shirt on April 24<\/a> as a fundraiser to help Republican congressional campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib and other Squad members have been criticized for their comments and support of the pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses across the country.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday afternoon, Tlaib <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepRashida\/status\/1785748760368156757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"slammed the \" militarized police>slammed the \u201cmilitarized police\u201d<\/a> stopping students from exercising their First Amendment rights in protesting the Israel-Hamas war on their college campuses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply concerned about the escalating repression of First Amendment-protected speech and assembly on college campuses across our country,\u201d she said on the House floor.<\/p>\n<p>She added that she was moved by the \u201ccourageous young people at college encampments\u201d demanding divestment from Israel, which is \u201cin support of a genocide in Gaza\u201d and has an \u201capartheid government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The House passed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/6090\/text?s=1&#038;r=3&#038;q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22antisemitism+awareness%22%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Antisemitism Awareness Act\">Antisemitism Awareness Act<\/a> on Wednesday in a 320-91 vote. The bill would mandate the \u201cdefinition of antisemitism set forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for the enforcement of Federal anti-discrimination laws concerning education programs or activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Tlaib\u2019s office for comment about the incident.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NRCC spokesperson caused uproar at Rep. Rashida Tlaib&#8217;s office by delivering a &#8220;F*** Hamas&#8221; T-shirt. 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