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Tlaib's defense of Palestinian chant prompts Nessel to call for retraction
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) speaking at the Council on American Islamic Relations. (Shutterstock.com)

Tlaib's defense of Palestinian chant prompts Nessel to call for retraction

U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib's defense of a phrase used by Palestinians in connection with the war between Israel and Hamas is drawing condemnation from critics, including a prominent fellow Democrat — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. On Friday, Tlaib posted a video on the social platform X in which she said President Joe Biden's support of Israel would cost him reelection in 2024, accused him in a lettered overlay of supporting "the genocide of the Palestinian people" and showed protesters in Michigan yelling the slogan "from the river to the sea!" The Detroit Democrat called for Biden to su...

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