(Campus Reform)
Rep. Rashida Tlaib said recently that there is a "calming feeling" from thinking about the Holocaust, fueling further speculation among her critics of alleged anti-semitic biases. The Michigan congresswoman fired back Tuesday, saying her words were taken out of context. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, came Tlaib's defense, labeling the criticism "attempts to smear."
"There’s always kind of a calming feeling I tell folks when I think of the Holocaust, and the tragedy of the Holocaust, and the fact that it was my ancestors — Palestinians — who lost their land and some lost their lives, their livelihood, their human dignity, their existence in many ways, have been wiped out, and some people's passports," Tlaib said during a podcast appearance.
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