If Michigan Primary Voters Snub Joe Biden, Blame Joe Biden
Rashida Tlaib is getting blowback for urging Michigan Democratic primary voters to cast their ballots as “uncommitted” rather than for Joe Biden. But if voters take issue with Biden’s support for Israel’s assault on Gaza, that’s no one’s fault but his own.
Michigan representative Rashida Tlaib greets demonstrators outside her office in the Rayburn House Office Building as they rallied on Capitol Hill in support of Palestinians and to demand a cease-fire in Gaza on February 15, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
Five years ago, Democratic Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was at the center of a controversy over her comments about a president. Speaking of then president Donald Trump, she said, “We’re going to be impeach the motherfucker.”
Some Democrats criticized her profanity. Trump himself, not otherwise known for being sensitive about such matters, said he thought her comment was “disgraceful” and that Tlaib had “dishonored herself and dishonored her family” by saying it. Reports at the time observed that the congresswoman was “unapologetic.”
Today, Tlaib is again being criticized for allegedly showing disrespect to a sitting president: this time Joe Biden.
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