Trump joins GOP criticism of Rep. Tlaib over remarks on the Holocaust and Israel that she says have been deliberately distorted
By John Wagner and John Wagner National reporter leading The Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow Felicia Sonmez Felicia Sonmez National reporter on The Washington Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow May 13 at 10:58 AM President Trump on Monday joined prominent House Republicans in condemning Rep. Rashida Tlaib for recent comments on the Holocaust and Israel that the freshman lawmaker says have been deliberately distorted to ignite attacks against her.
— Donald J. Trump May 13, 2019 The controversy was sparked by an interview published Saturday on Yahoo News’s “Skullduggery” podcast during which Tlaib, one of the first two Muslim women in Congress, was asked about her support for a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Rep. Rashida Tlaib speaks at a rally calling on Congress to censure President Trump on Capitol Hill, April 30. She added that the events of the past have informed her views on how to approach a solution to the conflict.“I love the fact that it was my ancestors that provided that [safe haven], in many ways,” Tlaib said. “But they did it in a way that took their human dignity away, right? And it was forced on them.
“There is no justification for the twisted and disgusting comments made by Rashida Tlaib just days after the annual Day of Holocaust Remembrance,” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise said in a statement. “More than six million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust; there is nothing ‘calming’ about that fact.”
Denzel McCampbell, Tlaib’s spokesman, condemned Cheney’s statement as “dangerous.” Cheney was the first GOP leader to criticize Tlaib on Sunday.
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