Watch Rep. Rashida Tlaib Blast U.S. Aid for Israel & Attack on Gaza in Dramatic House Floor Speech
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5HTJA)
As the death toll in Gaza reaches at least 119 amid Israel's escalation of its aerial assault, Congressmember Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the first Palestinian American woman elected to Congress, delivered a powerful speech on the House floor Thursday to denounce the violence and attempted erasure of the Palestinian people. I am the only Palestinian American member of Congress now," Tlaib said. I am a reminder to colleagues that Palestinians do indeed exist."