Liberals outraged online after Rashida Tlaib is censured in Congress: 'SOLD OUT' by Democrats

Liberals outraged online after Rashida Tlaib is censured in Congress: 'SOLD OUT' by Democrats

Liberal and conservative commentators sounded off online after the House of Representatives voted to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., for her support of antisemitic rhetoric.

Twenty-two Democrats voted with 212 Republicans to censure Tlaib after she was criticized for sharing a video on social platform X that included the phrase "From the river to the sea," a pro-Palestinian used by Hamas that implies the destruction of Israel.

"If this is not worthy of censure, what is? When you can call for the annihilation of a country and its people, if that’s not worthy of a censure, what is?" Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., said on the House floor Tuesday.

Some prominent supporters of Tlaib spoke out against her censure online.

MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan said that with so many Palestinians killed in the wake of the Hamas terror attacks on Israeli, American and other citizens, the censure of Tlaib was hard to believe. "10,000-plus Palestinians killed, including 4,000-plus kids, and the U.S. House of Representatives is busy censuring… the only Palestinian-American member," Hasan wrote. "Can’t make this stuff up."

He called out Republicans for their rhetoric over Gaza. "For the record, Republican Congressman Max Miller said Gaza would be turned into a ‘parking lot.’ GOP Congressman Brian Mast said Palestinian civilians are like Nazis. Republican senators Graham and Cotton said ‘level’ Gaza and 'bounce the rubble.' But they censured Tlaib."