“Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) dodged a censure vote in the House over her history of anti-Israel remarks and participating in a pro-Palestinian protest last month that spilled into a Capitol office building.
The lower chamber on Wednesday night voted 222-186 to block a resolution to censure Tlaib after Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) introduced the measure last week.
Every Democrat voted to table the resolution, along with Michigan GOP Reps. John Moolenaar, Tim Walberg and Bill Huizenga and 20 other Republican lawmakers.
Thirteen other Democrats and 11 Republicans were absent.
After Greene introduced the resolution to censure Tlaib, Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) responded by forcing a vote to censure Greene in a tit-for-tat exchange on the House floor last week.
But shortly after the vote to censure Tlaib was killed, Democrats nixed their plans to vote for the resolution to censure Greene.
“Given the fact that this conference voted unanimously for an election denier, there was a question of whether my resolution to censure Rep. Greene could pass with the votes it needed from ‘moderate’ Republicans,” Balint said in a statement announcing she was pulling back her resolution.
“Tonight, when 23 Republicans said ‘no’ to Rep. Greene’s bigotry, I saw this situation a little differently. I want to thank them for doing the right thing. And I’m going to hold back on the vote for now,” Balint said.
Greene’s resolution faults Tlaib for “antisemitic activity, sympathizing with terrorist organizations, and leading an insurrection at the United States Capitol Complex.”
“Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) dodged a censure vote in the House over her history of antisemitic remarks. Getty Images
Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.) had introduced the resolution to censure Tlaib. APThe Michigan Democrat has made controversial remarks about the Holocaust, amplified a slogan from the Palestine Liberation Organization that calls for the destruction of Israel and said the Jewish state has an “apartheid government.”
Tlaib, 47, also denounced Israel’s “occupation” of the Palestinian territories the day after Hamas terrorists invaded from the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7 to rape, maim, burn and kill civilians.
The jihadists murdered more than 1,400 — at least 33 of whom were American citizens. More than 200 civilians were also taken hostage.
Tlaib denounced Israel’s “occupation” of the Palestinian territories the day after Hamas terrorists invaded from the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7 to rape, maim, burn and kill civilians. AP“[I]nstead of denouncing the horrors of Hamas slaughtering Israelis and demanding the release of all hostages held by Hamas, Rashida Tlaib stated on October 8, 2023, ‘’The path to the future must include lifting the blockade, ending the occupation, and dismantling the apartheid system that creates the suffocating dehumanizing conditions that can lead to resistance,” the resolution notes.
It also draws attention to her participation in a pro-Palestinian protest organized by the left-wing group Jewish Voice for Peace, which swarmed the Cannon House Office Building on Oct. 18 to demand a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The demonstration “followed Hezbollah’s orders to carry out a ‘day of unprecedented anger’ following an explosion at a Gazan hospital,” according to Greene’s resolution.
It also draws attention to her participation in a pro-Palestinian protest organized by the left-wing group Jewish Voice for Peace, which swarmed the Cannon House Office Building on Oct. 18. APTlaib has declined to blame Palestine Islamic Jihad for a rocket that hit al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City — despite US intelligence and the Israel Defense confirming the Hamas-linked terror group was responsible for the blast.
The resolution, which also referred Tlaib’s actions to the House Ethics and Foreign Affairs Committees, was co-sponsored by Reps. John Carter and Randy Weber of Texas, Mike Collins of Georgia, Mary Miller of Illinois, Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, Burgess Owens of Utah, Jeff Duncan of South Carolina and Mike Rogers of Alabama.
Balint’s resolution was pulled from consideration after the vote to censure Tlaib failed.
“Tonight, we proved that standing up to bullies works. By not allowing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s repeated offenses to go uncatalogued or unchecked, we defeated a resolution riddled with lies and Islamophobia,” Balint said in a statement.
“I’m celebrating the fact that the truth prevailed about my friend and colleague Rep. Rashida Tlaib. We couldn’t let one of our own be censured for something that is completely fabricated and racist. I was surprised–when on the floor–several Republicans voted with us to table the hateful and untruthful censure resolution that Rep. Greene brought against Rep. Tlaib.”
Balint warned that she may recall her censure vote against Greene “at any time should we see continued vile rhetoric from Rep. Greene and her colleagues.”






