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Tlaib Describes Herself As ‘Solid, Strong Advocate’ Against ‘White Supremacist’ Trump, Compares BDS Movement To Civil Rights Protests

Jon Brown
Tlaib Describes Herself As ‘Solid, Strong Advocate’ Against ‘White Supremacist’ Trump, Compares BDS Movement To Civil Rights Protests
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) addressed allegations of anti-Semitism against her in a recent interview with Detroit Jewish News (JN) and described herself as “one solid, strong advocate … against the white supremacist in the White House.”

In her first conversation with the Jewish publication in her home district, Tlaib also compared the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel to the civil rights bus protest in Montgomery, Alabama, and touched on criticism that her fellow Squad member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has faced for offensive tweets.

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