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US lawmaker Rashida Tlaib condemns cartoon showing her with exploding pager
MSN ^ | September 20, 2024 | Kanishka Singh
Posted on 09/21/2024 7:16:38 PM PDT by DoodleBob
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Palestinian American U.S. lawmaker Rashida Tlaib on Friday condemned as racist a cartoon published in the conservative magazine National Review showing her with an exploding pager - a reference to an attack this week against members of the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon.
"Our community is already in so much pain right now. This racism will incite more hate + violence against our Arab & Muslim communities, and it makes everyone less safe. It's disgraceful that the media continues to normalize this racism," Tlaib wrote on the social media platform X.
Tlaib, a Democrat who represents a district from Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives, is the lone Palestinian American lawmaker in the U.S. Congress. The Muslim American advocacy group Emgage Action, Democratic U.S. House members Cory Bush and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, some local officials in Michigan and human rights groups also criticized the cartoon.
National Review did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The cartoon, published on Thursday, showed a woman sitting next to an exploding pager. The woman's desk in the cartoon had a name card saying "Rep. Tlaib" while the woman herself is shown saying: "ODD. MY PAGER JUST EXPLODED."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: pager; rashidatlaib
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1 posted on 09/21/2024 7:16:38 PM PDT by DoodleBob
To: DoodleBob
Great and highly accurate cartoon!
2 posted on 09/21/2024 7:18:12 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (May the soy boys, feminazis, and alphabet weirdos choke on the toxic fumes of our masculinity)
To: DoodleBob
And then her walkie-talkie exploded...
3 posted on 09/21/2024 7:18:46 PM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
To: DoodleBob
Typical Democrat...can’t stand it when someone points out the truth.
4 posted on 09/21/2024 7:19:38 PM PDT by econjack
To: DoodleBob
What was her reaction to Trump’s severed, bloody head?
What was her reaction to the two assassination attempts (that we know of) against him?
5 posted on 09/21/2024 7:20:37 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: DoodleBob
6 posted on 09/21/2024 7:21:12 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Leaving Abortion up to the States is like Leaving Slavery up to the States.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
7 posted on 09/21/2024 7:24:06 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: All
It’s just a little joke lady, yeesh.
8 posted on 09/21/2024 7:25:16 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
To: DoodleBob
9 posted on 09/21/2024 7:26:00 PM PDT by combat_boots
To: DoodleBob
10 posted on 09/21/2024 7:28:43 PM PDT by Parley Baer
To: DoodleBob
Terrorists simply have NO SENSE OF HUMOR.
11 posted on 09/21/2024 7:28:53 PM PDT by BobL
To: DoodleBob
” Palestinian American U.S. lawmaker” No such thing. Where was she born? In Palestine? Palestine does not exist. Yasir Arafat, who died with six billion dollars in his account (hope that buys you a lot of virgins Yasir) was born in Egypt. Stop the lies.
12 posted on 09/21/2024 7:29:08 PM PDT by Fungi
To: DoodleBob
They think they’re safe. And that is very dangerous, because people who think they’re safe from the mayhem they support make stupid decisions.
To: DoodleBob
US lawmaker Rashida Tlaib condemns cartoon showing her with exploding pager
Gee Whiz, they should have shown an Exploding Vibrator.
14 posted on 09/21/2024 7:33:23 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Well, she IS a domestic terrorist allied with a known foreign terrorist organization, emphasis on “foreign”.
But, elected to her present office by presumedly legal voters in her district. Who knows, there may be a “sleeper” terrorist cell among her constituents.
15 posted on 09/21/2024 7:35:01 PM PDT by alloysteel (I've told people a million times, "Don't exaggerate.")
To: DoodleBob
If the shoe fits...
...you can’t say $hit.
16 posted on 09/21/2024 7:35:12 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
To: DoodleBob
The headline alone cracked me up.
17 posted on 09/21/2024 7:37:36 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
To: DoodleBob
lol. good cartoon.
you’re showing off your inner tyrant again, talib.
18 posted on 09/21/2024 7:38:10 PM PDT by dadfly
To: DoodleBob
To: DoodleBob
That’s a gently humorous comic.It could have been far more graphic, showing her with half her hair singed off, glasses busted from tiny flying plastic bits, left eye hanging down like a swinging medallion over her bosom.
20 posted on 09/21/2024 7:42:48 PM PDT by lee martell
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