Jewish Members of Congress Release Statement on Cartoon Depicting Rep. Rashida Tlaib
Representatives Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Becca Balint (VT-AL), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Seth Magaziner (RI-02), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Susan Wild (PA-07), and Jerry Nadler (NY-12) released the following statement on the cartoon depicting Representative Rashida Tlaib (MI-12):
“As Jewish Members of Congress, we condemn this appalling and hateful cartoon depicting our colleague, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, as a terrorist and making a dangerous joke about a pager exploding at her desk. While none of us always agrees with Representative Tlaib (just as she surely does not always agree with any of us), that is no reason to excuse this toxically Islamophobic and anti-Arab affront. At a time of rising violence against Arab, Muslim, and Jewish communities alike, we must stand together in solidarity against ethnic scapegoating and hateful provocations, which are often the prelude to actual racial violence and attack.”
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