{"id":559952,"date":"2021-06-10T18:07:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T22:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559952"},"modified":"2021-06-10T18:07:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T22:07:46","slug":"tlaib-rips-dem-leadership-says-freedom-of-speech-doesnt-exist-for-muslim-congresswomen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tlaib-rips-dem-leadership-says-freedom-of-speech-doesnt-exist-for-muslim-congresswomen\/","title":{"rendered":"Tlaib Rips Dem Leadership, Says \u2018Freedom Of Speech Doesn\u2019t Exist For Muslim\u2019 Congresswomen"},"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\">26<\/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%2Ftlaib-rips-dem-leadership-says-freedom-of-speech-doesnt-exist-for-muslim-congresswomen%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=559952&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\/06\/GettyImages-1161834036.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) on Thursday blasted her party\u2019s leaders and declared that freedom of speech \u201cdoesn\u2019t exist\u201d for Muslim congresswomen after House Democratic leadership reprimanded her colleague and fellow progressive, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who is Muslim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFreedom of speech doesn\u2019t exist for Muslim women in Congress. The benefit of the doubt doesn\u2019t exist for Muslim women in Congress,\u201d Tlaib wrote in a tweet blasted out Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHouse Democratic leadership should be ashamed of its relentless, exclusive tone policing of Congresswomen of color,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib was elected in 2018 at the same time as Omar, a\u00a0Somali-born former refugee, and together the two became the first Muslim congresswomen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.511945392491\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Freedom of speech doesn&#8217;t exist for Muslim women in Congress. The benefit of the doubt doesn&#8217;t exist for Muslim women in Congress. House Democratic leadership should be ashamed of its relentless, exclusive tone policing of Congresswomen of color.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RashidaTlaib\/status\/1403077496296386561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tlaib\u2019s apparent exasperation was prompted by Democratic leadership\u2019s response to comments Omar made around a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, during which she questioned Secretary of State\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Antony Blinken<\/span>\u00a0about International Criminal Court investigations. After the hearing, she appeared to equate the U.S. and Israel with the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity. We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban,\u201d Omar wrote in a tweet along with a video of her questioning of Blinken.<\/p>\n<p>Her remark sparked outrage among lawmakers and prompted\u00a0a dozen Jewish Democrats who support Israel to demand on Wednesday that Omar \u201cclarify\u201d what she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States and Israel are imperfect and, like all democracies, at times deserving of critique, but false equivalencies give cover to terrorist groups,\u201d the group of 12 Democrats said in a statement.\u00a0\u201cWe urge Congresswoman Omar to clarify her words placing the U.S. and Israel in the same category as Hamas and the Taliban.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omar later did attempt to clarify her remarks, insisting that she\u00a0\u201cwas in no way equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries with well-established judicial systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, she added Wednesday night that she found the statement from the Jewish lawmakers \u201coffensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe islamophobic tropes in this statement are offensive,\u201d Omar tweeted. \u201cThe constant harassment &#038; silencing from the signers of this letter is unbearable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Thursday, House Speaker\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Nancy Pelosi<\/span>\u00a0(D-CA) and all members of House leadership issued a rare joint statement rebuking Omar for her remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLegitimate criticism of the policies of both the United States and Israel is protected by the values of free speech and democratic debate. And indeed, such criticism is essential to the strength and health of our democracies,\u201d House Democratic leadership said in their statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut drawing false equivalencies between democracies like the U.S. and Israel and groups that engage in terrorism like Hamas and the Taliban foments prejudice and undermines progress toward a future of peace and security for all,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The entire House Democratic leadership team issued the joint statement, Majority Leader\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Steny Hoyer<\/span>\u00a0(D-MD), Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC), Assistant Speaker\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Katherine Clark<\/span>\u00a0(D-MA), Democratic Caucus Chairman\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/span>\u00a0(D-NY) and Vice Caucus Chairman\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Pete Aguilar<\/span>\u00a0(D-CA).<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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