{"id":652603,"date":"2021-08-16T21:37:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T01:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=652603"},"modified":"2021-08-16T21:37:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T01:37:13","slug":"rep-tlaib-falsely-claims-u-s-backed-the-taliban-in-1980s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-tlaib-falsely-claims-u-s-backed-the-taliban-in-1980s\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Tlaib falsely claims U.S. \u2018backed the Taliban\u2019 in 1980s"},"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%2Frep-tlaib-falsely-claims-u-s-backed-the-taliban-in-1980s%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=652603&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 id=\"attachment_2492774\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2492774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, (D-Mich.) listens to a question from a constituent in Wixom, Mich. (AP Photo\/Paul Sancya)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 6:36 PM PT \u2013 Monday, August 16, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) has been under fire for a false claim about the U.S. support of the Taliban. In a Sunday tweet, Tlaib blamed the turmoil in Afghanistan on \u201cfailed U.S. policy going back to the 1980s when we backed the Taliban against the Soviets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Squad member received immediate pushback from critics, who asked her to update herself on history. Many noted the Taliban did not even exist until the nineties.<\/p>\n<p>Other critics set the record straight by reminding the lawmaker the U.S. at the time backed Afghans defending themselves against a Russian invasion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That\u2019s what this is: the horrible consequences of endless war and failed US policy going back to the 1980s when we backed the Taliban against the Soviets. Innocent people suffer the horrors of war while political leaders and arms-dealing corporations sit back and make billions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepRashida\/status\/1427028625774284802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tlaib has yet to issue a correction to her tweet.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/ariz-attorney-general-calls-on-biden-to-replace-dhs-secy-mayorkas\/\">Ariz. Attorney General Calls On Biden To Replace DHS Secy. Mayorkas<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, (D-Mich.) listens to a question from a constituent in Wixom, Mich. 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