Tlaib, a radical member of the new socialist bloc in Congress, has already attracted attention for being the first Palestinian elected to Congress as well as for her hatred of Israel. She has now created a national firestorm when, hours after the new Democratic majority was sworn in, she used the foul language as the "mic drop" moment of her speech.
On Friday morning, she tweeted: I will always speak truth to power. #unapologeticallyMe
Setting aside the false bravado, that somehow it's a show of courage to attack Trump in a room full of MoveOn activists who are out for blood, this reaction is the appropriate one.
To start, obviously, there are exactly zero of her supporters who will be upset that she used harsh language to describe plans to go after Trump. This is what they elected her to do. But more importantly, the video clearly represented who she is, what she believes, and what the liberal base wants. The public should get to know that rather than be subjected to some sort of sanitized and obviously phony, a forced apology. To be sure, for the Democratic Party as a whole, this is not helpful.
ONE HAS TO ASK ...WHAT KIND OF GUTTER TRASH ARE WE ELECTING THESE DAYS
