Squad member Rashida Tlaib hurls 'fascist' slur at Republicans in toxic outburst
A
congressional hearing with Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser descended into chaos after tempers flared and a
Democrat was slammed for a vitriolic exchange likening Republicans to fascists.
Progressive Squad member Rep.
Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., got in a screaming match with Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., during a hearing regarding
crime in the nation's capital.
The Democrat expressed frustration that the Republicans on the panel were painting Washington, D.C., as a crime-ridden hellscape. She accused them of trying to defame the city.
'You're not telling people the beautiful parts that you do see in the nation's capital,' she said.
'I think it's really important we need to stand up against this fascist takeover. That's not a bad word. It's a fact,' Tlaib said, having previously clarified she's 'attacking a process' not 'attacking people.'
Her accusation comes as leadership on Capitol Hill has urged members of both parties to tone down the extremist rhetoric following the political assassination of Charlie Kirk, a conservative commentator who many on the left described as 'fascist.' The shooter, Tyler Robinson, wrote 'hey, fascist, catch,' on one of the bullets in the rifle used to kill the Turning Point USA founder.
Donalds, immediately triggered by the progressive's accusations, ridiculed Tlaib's comments as 'insane.'
'She's going to refer to me, my colleague, as if we were from the Third Reich. It's insane. Do I look like a member of the Third Reich? To you, Ms. Talib,' Donalds inquired.
Tlaib then ratcheted up her tone screaming so loud that the microphones had a hard time keeping up.
Eventually the Democrat, raising her voice to a level seldom heard in Congress, screamed about a past scandal Donalds was implicated in.
A congressional hearing with Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser descended into chaos after tempers flared and vitriolic exchanges were hurled between both parties.
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