The House is formally rebuking Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) for her comments about the Israeli-Hamas war.
On Tuesday, the chamber voted 234-188 to censure Tlaib.
Twenty-two Democrats voted in favor of the motion, while four Republicans voted against it, and four lawmakers voted present.
The House votes to censure Rep. Tlaib, and it’s not that close. 234-188. 22 Democrats vote yes, 4 Republicans no. 3 D present and 1 R. https://t.co/ARBYMy7L3z
— Marc Rod (@marcrod97) November 8, 2023
The resolution accuses the Michigan Democrat of spreading “false narratives” about Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre in Israel.
Additionally, it condemned her for “calling for the destruction of the state of Israel.”
Specifically, the censure resolution noted Tlaib’s use of the phrase “from the river to the sea,” which the Anti-Defamation League has labeled an antisemitic slogan.
The resolution called the phrase a “genocidal call to violence to destroy the state of Israel and its people to replace it with a Palestinian state extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.”
Tuesday’s vote came after a previous censure resolution was tabled with 23 Republicans voting in favor of blocking the measure.
The initial resolution baselessly accused Tlaib of leading an insurrection as well as condemned her for her comments about Israel.
