Michigan first-term Rep. Rashida Tlaib has been pictured with a Palestinian activist who has praised Hezbollah and called Jews 'Zionist terrorists.'
Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American congresswoman, drew headlines the day she was sworn in after she was videotaped an evening event saying it was time to 'impeach the motherf*****,' in a crude comment referencing President Trump.
The line was called out by Republican and Democratic leaders, but Tlaib didn't apologize.
On Saturday, a supporter tweeted out an image of himself with Rep. Tlaib at another swearing-in ceremony that took place in her home state.
'I was honored to be at Congresswoman @RashidaTlaib swearing in ceremony in #Detroit and private dinner afterward with the entire family, friends and activists across the country,' wrote Abbas Hamideh. He said he attended a private dinner with Tlaib's family. He then tagged '#Palestine, #TweetYourThobe, and #RashidaTlaib.'
Twitter users soon began digging up his past tweets and comments about terror-backing group Hezbollah, the Washington Examiner reported. Hamideh embraced the publicity and again went after people he called 'criminal Zionists' – Israelis.
'Always loved this heroic resistance leader! Long live Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah!' he wrote in another tweet. The State Department for years has determined that Hezbollah as a foreign terrorist organization.
According to his Twitter bio, Hamideh is a 'Palestinian Right of Return Activist. I don't compromise on one inch of Palestinian land!'
He wrote on Jan. 13, the day after he published the photograph: 'I'm willing to go back to my country #Palestine if the Zionist terrorists go back to Poland. Deal? Let's get that ball rolling ASAP. Get off Twitter and let's make that happen.'
Rep. Tlaib's office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
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