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Video: 'Knucklehead' Rashida Tlaib Ejected from Trump 2016 Speech

posted onJuly 22, 2019
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Article snippet: Tlaib, along with fellow freshman Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), comprise the so-called “Squad” of socialists taking over the Democrat Party in the House of Representatives since they were elected in the 2018 midterm elections. But, back in 2016, Tlaib was just a state representative in Michigan’s statehouse, and when Trump was delivering remarks to the Detroit Economic Club in August 2016 as the GOP nominee for president–a few months before he defeated Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton nationally and in Michigan–Tlaib was one of several protesters ejected from the event. The video shows Tlaib shouting at Trump’s supporters that, “You guys are crazy!” as security escorts her from the event by the arm. A man shouts back at Tlaib, “You’re an animal! Get a job!” Multiple security officials including a uniformed police officer are seen escorting an enraged Tlaib from the Trump event. The Detroit Economic Club said that Tlaib and other protesters who attempted unsuccessfully to disrupt the Trump speech then had committed fraud to enter the event. “A misguided 23-year-old man fraudulently bought a new membership and invited female guests to do his dirty work,” Detroit Economic Club Beth Chappell wrote in an email to the organization’s members according to the Detroit Free Press. “New memberships were reviewed during the hectic few days leading up to the Trump meeting. His 20 guests could have raised a flag but did no... Link to the full article to read more

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