Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan openly cried on the House floor Thursday, breaking down in tears while calling for an arms embargo against Israel and accusing the Israeli government of carrying out a “genocide” in Gaza.
Hamas terrorists attacked and slaughtered Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, 2023 and the radical Islamic terror group is still is holding Israeli civilian hostages and refuses to surrender them, which Tlaib failed to mention.
Speaking to a sparsely attended chamber, Tlaib commemorated the 77th anniversary of what Palestinians refer to as the Nakba, which her office described as “the mass expulsion and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their homes” between 1947-1949.
“Netanyahu is preparing a full scale assault and ethnically cleanse and expel the entire Palestinian population in Gaza and flatten permanently occupy the land. This was always their plan. He said it himself,” Tlaib claimed without evidence during her speech.
“We must save lives. No matter faith or ethnicity. A child is a child,” she said as her voice cracked. “Her only crime in the eyes of the Israeli apartheid government was that she was born Palestinian. And, Mr. Speaker, it kills me inside that she took her last breath without being truly free.”
Tlaib, who has been a vocal critic of U.S.-Israel relations throughout her tenure in Congress, claimed that Israeli forces have killed more than 52,000 Palestinians. Hamas has provided these numbers without credible evidence, and they have repeatedly been disputed by international observers and Israeli Defense Forces.
Critics from her home state of Michigan questioned who Tlaib believes she represents in Congress, with podcaster James Dickson pointing out: “Rashida Tlaib is almost never seen talking about America, Americans, or Detroiters.”
“Where were these tears for the 300k missing kids at our own border?” a social media user asked.
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NEW: Rep. Rashida Tlaib bursts out in tears on the House floor over Palestine not being “free.”
Where were these tears for the 300k missing kids at our own border?
What about Americans who’ve been k*lled by illegals?
America Last: Tears for everyone else except their own… pic.twitter.com/glrafhJJm2
— David Medina 🦫🇺🇸 (@davidmedinapdx) May 15, 2025