As an elected official, your duty is to uphold the law, defend democracy, and represent the will of the American people. That means supporting—not censuring—Rep. Rashida Tlaib in her efforts to hold the United States accountable for its complicity in genocide. She is fulfilling her constitutional role by calling for an end to U.S. arms transfers that enable mass atrocities in Gaza. Punishing her for speaking truth to power is a betrayal of your oath and an affront to the principles you swore to uphold.
The resolution rests on lies and distortions:
• Guilt by association: It attributes controversial remarks from other conference speakers to Rep. Tlaib.
• Equivocation: It rebrands nonviolent civil resistance—such as “intervening in F-35 supply chains”—as violent “attacks.”
• Semantic inflation: It twists ideological critiques of U.S. imperialism into fabricated calls to “neutralize the United States.”
• Invented violent intent: It claims Rep. Tlaib called for “unrest and violence.” Her actual words were standard protest rhetoric.
• Unsupported claims: It recycles old smears about “from the river to the sea” with no evidence she ever called for violence.
The facts:
Rep. Tlaib’s remarks denounced genocide and apartheid, called for an arms embargo, and urged Americans to organize for justice. That is the constitutional role of dissent—not extremism.
Public opinion is clear: a Quinnipiac poll shows 77% of Democrats and half of all voters believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, and 60% oppose further military aid. To censure Rep. Tlaib is to attack the will of the people.
The law:
Congress is bound to prevent and not be complicit in genocide.
• The Genocide Convention requires action wherever states can influence perpetrators.
• The War Crimes Act and 18 U.S.C. §1091 criminalize war crimes and genocide.
• The Leahy Law prohibits assistance to foreign forces committing abuses.
• The Arms Export Control Act requires U.S. arms transfers advance peace and human rights.
By these standards, censure is not warranted against Rep. Tlaib. It is warranted against officials like Randy Fine, whose anti-Muslim hate speech and support for the “Thump Thump Act” encourage harm against peaceful protesters. That is the true incitement to violence.
Congress must choose: will you stand with the law, with the American people, and with truth-tellers—or punish those who demand justice while enabling genocide? History will not absolve those who choose the latter.
Support Rep. Tlaib. Reject this resolution. Reject complicity. End all U.S. military aid to Israel. And know this: constituents are watching closely—those who side with genocide and repression will be held accountable at the ballot box.
First sent on September 9 by BlueCollarJew
