spoke by phone with Rep. Tlaib this Thursday about her bold opposition to giving law enforcement sweeping new powers, her hope that civil liberties-defending Republicans will join her in this cause, and how she'd like to see the Biden administration address US relations with Israel and Palestine.
The hard truth is that these agencies — just like the entire United States government — were built on a foundation of white supremacy. So no matter how many well-meaning, incredible people they employ, the white supremacist influence remains. Many of these groups are not taken seriously. Some of the [Capitol] protesters are seen and weighed differently than groups like Black Lives Matter and civil rights organizations.
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib speaks at the opening plenary session of the NAACP 110th National Convention at the COBO Center on July 22, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. The convention is from July 20 to July 24 with the theme of, "When We Fight, We Win".this week said that the Biden administration is "moving in a laser-like fashion" to investigate a whole host of groups that he put under the umbrella of a "Trump insurgency.
To narrow it down a little bit, if you were talking to a mainstream liberal who was outraged by the sight of the Capitol being attacked and thinks the only way for a responsible country to react is to expand the security state — just like they did after 9/11 and other major seismic events — what would be the most succinct way you could try to convince them to consider the unintended consequences?
US Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, questions US Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 18, 2019.To pivot to Congress, your new freshman colleague Rep. Kat Cammack of Floridathat she put an Israeli flag outside her office specifically so that you'd walk by and see it.
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