As Twitchy told you earlier, anti-Semitic, BDS-supporting Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib has decided not to take Israel up on their offer to let her visit her dear old grandmother.
This woman right here is my sity. She deserves to live in peace & with human dignity. I am who I am because of her. The decision by Israel to bar her granddaughter, a U.S. Congresswoman, is a sign of weakness b/c the truth of what is happening to Palestinians is frightening. pic.twitter.com/GGcFLiH9N3
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) August 15, 2019
When I won, it gave the Palestinian people hope that someone will finally speak the truth about the inhumane conditions. I can't allow the State of Israel to take away that light by humiliating me & use my love for my sity to bow down to their oppressive & racist policies. https://t.co/OYIwExV0ga
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) August 16, 2019
Silencing me & treating me like a criminal is not what she wants for me. It would kill a piece of me. I have decided that visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stands against everything I believe in–fighting against racism, oppression & injustice. https://t.co/z5t5j3qk4H
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) August 16, 2019
“Oppressive conditions.” By which she means not being allowed to advocate for Israel’s destruction while she’s in Israel. Oh, the humanity!
Meanwhile, her sity has to suffer, and it’s all Israel’s fault.
Except it’s not even remotely Israel’s fault. A lot of Tlaib and Ilhan Omar’s critics yesterday understandably suspected that their intent from the beginning was to be barred by Israel in order to make themselves the victims of the oppressive Israeli government. Suspicions were reinforced by the fact that the group sponsoring their visit has a well documented history of vicious anti-Semitism and the fact that they were set to meet with members of an organization with terrorist ties. But just in case that wasn’t enough to prove that Tlaib’s motives were anything but pure, take a look at the letter she wrote to the Israeli Minister of the Interior, dated yesterday:
The letter Rep. Rashida Tlaib sent to Israeli Interior Minister Ayreh Deri requesting a visit to her family in the West Bank, in which she promises to "respect any restrictions" and "not promote boycotts against Israel during my visit." pic.twitter.com/2HUjAkYMaY
— Oren Liebermann (@OrenCNN) August 16, 2019
Just once more, here’s the explanation she gave just this morning as to why she turned down Israel’s very generous offer:
Silencing me & treating me like a criminal is not what she wants for me. It would kill a piece of me. I have decided that visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stands against everything I believe in–fighting against racism, oppression & injustice. https://t.co/z5t5j3qk4H
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) August 16, 2019
She’s willing to forego what might be her last opportunity to see her 90-something-year-old grandmother because what’s the point of even going if she can’t trash Israel?
Speaking truth to power. pic.twitter.com/IDxQPTT0xD
— neontaster (@neontaster) August 16, 2019
Rashida Tlaib wrote to the Israel Interior Ministry that it could be the last opportunity to see her grandmother.
Israel gave her permission to see her, and instead Tlaib backed out, putting politics ahead of family. pic.twitter.com/8HesBw6rER
— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) August 16, 2019
Wait, I thought you just wanted to see your grandma and would "respect any restrictions" and "not promote boycotts against Israel." https://t.co/OuNY0wtsBu pic.twitter.com/cxA8pm565P
— Molly Ratty (@molratty) August 16, 2019
Rashida Tlaib has given away her entire game.
Whoops https://t.co/NIMiKkb7dW
— Adam Trahan (@AdamTrahan) August 16, 2019
So absolute proof that @RashidaTlaib is lying.
I mean, I guess Democrats can defend this lying bigot, but I still can't for the life of my understand why. https://t.co/5dS8EBqadT
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) August 16, 2019
So it was all a stunt. What a shock. https://t.co/v6X7J5aTqj
— Patterico (@Patterico) August 16, 2019
WOW WOW WOW. @RashidaTlaib really is that awful https://t.co/Fj00tqlZuQ
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) August 16, 2019
Hate for Israel >>>> Seeing Grandma one last time.
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) August 16, 2019
Huge congrats to Rashida Tlaib, whose bigotry and unparalleled political skills have joined forces to explode her grievance narrative, shift the PR battle back into Israel’s favor & gratuitously shun her own grandmother?
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 16, 2019
Mission accomplished, Rashida. Just not the mission you were going for.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional text and tweets.
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