{"id":526587,"date":"2021-05-19T17:20:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T21:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=526587"},"modified":"2021-05-19T17:20:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T21:20:11","slug":"report-rashida-tlaib-headlined-fundraiser-hosted-by-activist-who-promoted-holocaust-denial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-rashida-tlaib-headlined-fundraiser-hosted-by-activist-who-promoted-holocaust-denial\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Rashida Tlaib Headlined Fundraiser Hosted By Activist Who Promoted Holocaust Denial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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-rashida-tlaib-headlined-fundraiser-hosted-by-activist-who-promoted-holocaust-denial%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=526587&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\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1177079383-scaled-e1606859331358.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib reportedly attended a fundraiser earlier this year which was hosted by a Palestinian activist who has previously made anti-Semitic comments on social media.<\/p>\n<p>In a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rashida-tlaib-anti-semitic-activist-abdel-qader-guest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a>, it has been uncovered that Tlaib was the featured speaker at a fundraiser hosted by&nbsp;Maher Abdel-qader, a Palestinian American with a history of making anti-Semitic comments and pushing Holocaust denial.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, when asked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/01\/us\/politics\/ilhan-omar-rashida-tlaib-israel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a> about her relationship with Abdel-qader, Tlaib said&nbsp;\u201cIt is unfair to be held responsible for the statements of others, especially when my actions \u2014 including votes as a Michigan legislator and leading the Take On Hate campaign \u2014 make clear that I oppose all forms of hate and condemn those who dehumanize others.\u201d Tlaib said.<\/p>\n<p>Abdel-qader was a fundraiser for Tlaib\u2019s first run for Congress during the 2018 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.03125\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Rashida Tlaib headlined a fundraiser hosted by a guy who promoted Holocaust denial <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZcV69rexAP\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZcV69rexAP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterjhasson\/status\/1395015376736604162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The fundraiser Tlaib reportedly headlined earlier this year, which was held in support of&nbsp;Sam Rasoul, a Palestinian American running for Virginia\u2019s lieutenant governor, occurred on March 27 via Zoom. It listed ticket prices varying from $100 to $5,000.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/03\/11\/tlaib-anti-semitism-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: &nbsp;Tlaib Reportedly Unfollows Anti-Semetic Instagram Account After Being Called Out)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the weeks prior to the fundraiser, Abdel-qader posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CMH3f93H5NC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">picture<\/a> to his instagram account linking Israel to Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n<p><span>According to a prior&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/28\/rashida-tlaib-anti-semitism-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigation<\/a> conducted by The Daily Caller News Foundation, Tlaib\u2019s was a member Abdel-qader of a Facebook group called \u201cPalestinian American Congress\u201d which was founded by Abdel-qader and was a hotbed of anti-Semitic hatre. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/06\/11\/rashida-tlaib-pictures-fundraiser-anti-semitic-conspiracies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2018<\/a>, Abdel-qader posted&nbsp;a video which made an anti-Semitic claim that Jews aren\u2019t really Jewish. The video also called Jews \u201csatanic,\u201d and pushed false conspiracy theories questioning whether six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust.<\/p>\n<p><span> Abedel-qader later <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/30\/rashida-tlaib-anti-semitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">apologized<\/a> for the video, while Tlaib remained relatively quiet regarding her supporter\u2019s controversial posts.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Michigan Rep. 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