Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to go a second round with Tlaib censure

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has reintroduced her censure against Rep. Rashida Tlaib, giving the resolution a second go after lawmakers voted against it the first time.

The Georgia Republican has taken issue with Ms. Tlaib’s criticism of Israel and her pro-Palestinian views. But after introducing the first resolution, the House voted to table it in a 222-186 vote last week, with 23 Republicans voting with Democrats.

Some lawmakers who voted against the initial resolution had an issue with the wording. Rep. Chip Roy said he didn’t like the term “insurrection” being used to describe the protest.

“I voted to table the resolution,” the Texas Republican wrote on X. “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.”

Ms. Taylor Greene wrote that she would be removing the word “insurrection” and replacing it with “illegal occupation” instead.

“Hopefully the 23 Republicans who voted no to censure Pro-terrorists, pro-Hamas, Anti-Israel, anti-Semitic Rashida Tlaib will use their freedom of speech in Congress to censure (condemn) Terrorist Tlaib’s speech, lies, and actions that incited an illegal occupation on Oct. 18,” she wrote on X Saturday.

She will call the measure to the floor this week as a privileged resolution, a source familiar confirmed to The Hill. With privileged resolutions, the House needs to vote within two legislative days.

The second attempt comes after Ms. Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, posted a video on X over the weekend that said President Biden “supported the genocide of the Palestinian people” because of the support the administration has given to Israel, both verbally and monetarily.

“We will remember in 2024,” Ms. Tlaib says in the video. In writing it ends with, “Joe Biden supported the genocide of the Palestinian people. The American people won’t forget. Biden, support a cease-fire now. Or don’t count on us in 2024.”

Ms. Tlaib, who is the only Palestinian-American in Congress, has called for an end of aid to Israel since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war.

Ms. Taylor Greene originally introduced the resolution to censure the Democrat for “antisemitic activity, sympathizing with terrorist organizations, and leading an insurrection” at the Capitol.

She accused Ms. Tlaib — who spoke at the protest — of leading a pro-Palestinian insurrection on Capitol Hill last month. Hundreds of protesters flooded the Cannon House Office Building calling for a cease-fire while yelling statements like, “let Gaza live,” donning shirts and signs that read, “Jews say cease fire now.”

Ms. Tlaib responded in a statement by saying the resolution was “unhinged,” and “deeply Islamophobic,” saying it “attacks peaceful Jewish anti-war advocates.”