A group of Jewish US Congress members have issued a statement of support for Representative Rashida Tlaib following a cartoon last week in the National Review depicting her as having a pager exploding at her desk, appearing to depict her as a terrorist.
The cartoon was published in the conservative publication in reference to recent explosions of pagers used by the Lebanese party and militia Hezbollah, a group designated as a “terrorist organisation” by the US government.
As the only Palestinian Muslim in Congress, the magazine’s targeting of Tlaib appears to be depicting her for her background, which she spoke out about immediately following the publication of the cartoon. At least seven Jewish members of Congress are now joining her in their condemnation. …..more