MTG Vows to Introduce Modified Censure Resolution Against Tlaib After First Attempt Failed

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is not giving up on her effort to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). “I’m reintroducing my censure resolution against Terrorist Tlaib,” Greene wrote in a post on X, formerly known…

Bradley CortrightNov 6, 20233 min read

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Twenty-three Republicans voted against it.

Last month, Greene introduced the censure resolution which accused Tlaib of engaging in “antisemitic activity, sympathizing with terrorist organizations, and leading an insurrection at the United States Capitol complex.”

While the Georgia congresswoman listed a series of comments from Tlaib that she said were antisemitic, she failed to produce evidence of an insurrection.

She appeared to be referring to an Oct. 18 protest at a Capitol Office building. However, there was no evidence it was an insurrection.

And some House Republicans took issue with labeling that protest an insurrection.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) wrote on X, “January 6 protestors were not insurrectionists, nor were those led by Rep. Tlaib. I voted to table a censure resolution of Rep Tlaib in part because it was modeled after legislation that condemned J6 protestors.”

“Also: Free speech means protecting even the speech you don’t like,” he added.

Chip Roy (R-Texas), who also voted against the measure, said Tlaib’s conduct is “unbecoming of a member of Congress and certainly worthy of condemnation – if not censure.”

However, he explained, “Tonight’s feckless resolution to censure Tlaib was deeply flawed and made legally and factually unverified claims, including the claim of leading an ‘insurrection’.”

“I voted to table the resolution. In January 2021, the legal term insurrection was stretched and abused by many following the events at the Capitol. We should not continue to perpetuate claims of ‘insurrection’ at the Capitol and we should not abuse the term now,” he added.