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Rashida Tlaib Is Showing Pro-Palestine Politics Are Popular (jacobin.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Oofnik@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

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Rashida Tlaib just announced a whopping $3.7 million fundraising haul for the last quarter of 2023, after being censured by Congress for her support of Palestine. Her fundraising success shows pro-Palestine politics can go head-to-head with the Israel lobby.

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It helps her that conservatives are misrepresenting her statements and trying to paint her as a villain when everything she says is reasonable. By lying about her, it's a tacit confirmation that she's right.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unfortunately it only helps with reasonable people, conservative voters just believe the misrepresentations.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Conservatives aren't going to like her regardless, for other reasons.