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Rashida Tlaib is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Tlaib is known for her progressive policies and advocacy for social justice. She is one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress and has been a vocal advocate for issues such as affordable housing, environmental justice, and healthcare reform. Tlaib has also been involved in efforts to address systemic racism and economic inequality.
Why is it when white supremacist terrorists show up here to want to lynch the vice president, to attack the speaker, to attack our democracy, threatening the lives of Members of Congress, really, the lives of just the whole livelihood of…
What I saw when Black Lives Matter protesters were here, and those defending the right to choose, it seemed like, all of a sudden, all of you had resources. You all had a plan then. Why is it when white supremacist terrorists show up here…
Unfortunately, that is how, you know, again the January 6 attacks have been described in the past and it is really to downplay, excuse and, otherwise, defend this, really, violent attempt to overthrow our democracy and the Constitution…
It is incredibly important that no matter the intention, history shows us that every time we give our Government new powers in this area, they are inevitably used to target people that look like me, oppressed people of color, and minority…
Do you think it would enable what we would, some would refer to white supremacist groups, domestic terrorist groups here, do you think it would enable them to continue to attack our Capitol and our democracy if we did not hold them…
Do you think if the people in that crowd looked brown or black, majority, do you think that we would be here in this hearing right now?
I personally feel like when we see the loss of affordable housing in a city like mine, it is because we legalized this kind of speculation.
I am really tired of it. I am tired of us blaming our neighbors and talking about those subsidies, but we don't talk about the subsidies that kept many of these developers with a lot of profit.
I am going to start calling my neighbors who are struggling with housing--these are our, 'low-wage neighbors.'
The ultra rich pay nothing in taxes. When Bezos goes to space next month, he can keep his 'blank' there.
They are using our system right now to get away from thousands and thousands of families within all of our districts that were impacted by their drug pushing.
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