So just to be clear, let's not gaslight the American people. You will all be fine with the tax.
Rashida Tlaib
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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.
One way to ensure that this enormous wealth generated on Wall Street actually reaches the real economy... is to enact and look at proposals like a financial transaction tax.
some estimates indicate that as a result of the high frequency trading, pension and retirement accounts pay nearly $5 billion in taxes.
This is extremely personal and extremely about -- you know, very much about us being able to keep our right to have a voice at all levels of government, and especially, again, pushing back against that violence that we saw on January 6th.
This primary impeachment that you see before the Senate right now to convict him is for the violence on January 6th.
My residents don`t deserve anything less than holding this president accountable for the violence he caused on January 6th and the harm and pain he caused in trying to jeopardize our democracy in this country.
We can`t look away. You know, yes, he`s not president right now. But you know, Chris, this again sets a dangerous precedent if we don`t hold them accountable.
I`m incredibly proud of the leadership of representative Raskin and so many others that are really truly putting the love of country first.
It`s the same thing with the President. I don`t want to see this happen again. And we need to use every resource possible and convict this president, again, for the violence that he caused.
Every single day that goes by without outright condemnation from every single one of her Republican colleagues, without consequences for her extremist views, is an outright endorsement of white supremacy.
This is so hard because as many of my colleagues know, my closest colleagues now, my very first day of orientation, I got my first death threat. It was a serious one, they took me aside, the FBI had to go to the gentleman`s home. I didn`t…
I thank my colleague for her incredible courage. I asked her to go last because this is so personal. This is so hard because, as many of my colleagues and my closest colleagues know, on my very first day of orientation, I got my first…





