Things got entertaining, if still infuriating, when the infamous “Squad” Congresswoman Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), had an utter conniption when pressed on a horrible video out of the community of Dearborn, Michigan, which is known for being a Muslim majority town thanks to mass migration. In the video, the participants of a protest changed “Death to America”. The incident in which she freaked out occured back in April of 2024, but is back in the news thanks to the horrible attack in DC.
For reference, the video has resurfaced frequently since it was filmed on April 5, 2024, during an annual International Al-Quds Day rally in Dearborn. Al-Quds Day was established in 1979 by Iran’s infamous Ayatollah Khomeini. In the video, the protesters, who were presumably primarily Muslims, repeatedly chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.”
Rep. Tlaib was, shortly after the incident occured, pressed on the video. as the “Death to America” chant occured in her district. It was Fox Business correspondent Hillary Vaughn who pressed her on the matter, asking the “Squad” representative about the video repeatedly, with the exchange only ending as the furious representative got into an elevator.
Vaughn, pressing Tlaib on the matter, asked “at a rally in your district people were chanting ‘death to America’ do you condemn?” Tlaib, angrily responding to her, snapped back, “I do not talk to Fox News.” Pressing her again, Vaugh asked Tlaib to condemn the horrible and anti-American chant.
Refusing, Tlaib snapped, “I don’t talk to people that use racist tropes.” She wasn’t done. Evidently quite angry, she further responded by snapping that Fox News was “racist,” saying, “Using racist tropes towards my community is what Fox News is about and I don’t talk to Fox News.”
Vaughn wasn’t done. Pressing Tlaib again, she asked, “is chanting death to America racist?” Replying, Tlaib angrily told her, “I’m talking about your guys’ racist tropes. You guys know exactly what you do. I know you’re Islamophobic.”
Watch the chant and the exchange here:
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Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) angrily responded to the situation in the wake of it coming out, saying that Tlaib “refuses to condemn chants of ‘death to America.'” He added, “This blatant disrespect to our nation is disgusting from anyone – especially a sitting member of the United States Congress.”
That anger has remained intact, and commentary like Sen. Scott’s resurfaced in the wake of the horrible terror attack in DC in which an Afghan national attacked two National Guard troopers. For example, Brigitte Gabriel said, on X, “What does it tell you when a sitting Congresswoman in the United States of America will not condemn people chanting “Death to America” in their own district? Rashida Tlaib needs to be stripped of all committee assignments, censured, and expelled from Congress IMMEDIATELY.”
Similarly, Eyal Yakoby noted, in an angry post on X, “In the middle of Dearborn, Michigan an entire crowd chants ‘Death to America.’ Rashida Tlaib, when asked, refused to condemn it.” Replying, Jeremy Carl said, “Any people chanting this who are not U.S. Citizens should be deported. Any who are naturalized citizens should have their nationalization revoked, as wishing death to America means your allegiance is not to America.”