The Freshmen: Rashida Tlaib, Part 2

<p>When we last spoke with Representative Rashida Tlaib, she had just been sworn in — and had fulfilled the fears of Democratic leaders by calling for the impeachment of President Trump. In the months since, she’s been challenging her party on a different front, attracting controversy for her criticisms of Israel, which some have characterized as anti-Semitic.</p><p>Ms. Tlaib has repeatedly denied that there’s any anti-Semitism behind what she’s said. But she hasn’t spoken at length about the controversy or explained where she’s coming from. So a few weeks ago, we traveled back to visit her at her congressional office in Detroit.</p><p>Guests: Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan; and Andy Mills and Jessica Cheung, producers for “The Daily.” For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. This episode contains explicit language.</p><p>Background reading:</p><ul><li>Remarks by Ms. Tlaib about the Palestinian role in the founding of Israel<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/us/politics/rashida-tlaib-holocaust.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> further inflamed a feud</a> over the Jewish state, anti-Semitism and the first two Muslim women in the House.</li><li>This episode of “The Daily” includes excerpts from an interview with Ms. Tlaib on “Skullduggery,” a podcast from Yahoo News. Listen to the full interview<a href="https://news.yahoo.com/skullduggery-tv-rashida-love-022051273.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> here</a>.</li></ul>