{"id":66550,"date":"2019-01-06T17:05:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T15:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=66550"},"modified":"2019-01-06T11:55:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T09:55:03","slug":"09-05-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=66550","title":{"rendered":"OCASIO-CORTEZ, TLAIB AND OTHER STAR FRESHMEN CRASH INTO CONGRESS"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>OCASIO-CORTEZ, TLAIB AND OTHER STAR FRESHMEN CRASH INTO CONGRESS<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

MICHAEL WILNER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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She’s the daughter of immigrants<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tlaib is the oldest of 14 children born to Palestinian immigrant parents. Her father, who was born near Jerusalem, worked on the assembly line at the Ford Motor Co. plant.<\/em><\/p>\n

…first Muslim woman in Congress<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Together with other prominent new Democratic members, Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib have become the public face of the most diverse, youthful and female Congress in American history.<\/strong><\/p>\n

(photo credit: JONATHAN ERNST \/ REUTERS)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2013 A diverse, youthful cadre of freshman female lawmakers entered Congress last week much as they had campaigned for their seats: under the spotlight of intense national interest, proudly proclaiming themselves as agents of radical change.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, the youngest-ever member of the House of Representatives at 29, sat for an interview with 60 Minutes and called for a 70% tax rate on the income of the wealthiest Americans. She was the only Democrat booed by her Republican colleagues \u2013 who view her as a poster child for the far-left and a rallying cry for their base \u2013 as she stood in favor of Nancy Pelosi of California for Speaker of the House.<\/span><\/p>\n

And when opposition researchers tried to smear her with a video from her college years of her\u00a0<\/span><\/a>dancing on a rooftop to some sweet tunes<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 footage conservative sites apparently thought would embarrass her \u2013 she brushed her shoulders off, posting a video of herself entering her new congressional office dancing to \u201cWar, What Is It Good For?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In stark contrast, Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s friend and colleague,\u00a0Rashida Tlaib of Michigan<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, faced a rougher entry. At a private celebration after her swearing-in ceremony, she told supporters that she would stand up to bullies like US President Donald Trump and \u201cimpeach that mother******,\u201d drawing condemnation from the president, Pelosi, and other Democratic leaders. She defended her comment on Twitter but refused to address a hoard of journalists trailing her on Capitol Hill.<\/span><\/p>\n

Together with other prominent new Democratic members, including Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Sharice Davids from Kansas, Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib have become the public face of the most diverse, youthful and female Congress in American history.<\/span><\/p>\n

They are more organically plugged in to social media than their more veteran colleagues, and have adeptly used those platforms to increase their profiles.<\/span><\/p>\n

But several of those same members have also gained the attention, and concern, of the Israeli public, for their views on Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Ocasio-Cortez says she is not an expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, she has offered repeated criticism of the Israeli government\u2019s treatment of Palestinians and says she intends on promoting Palestinian rights during her time in office.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tlaib \u2013 the first Palestinian-American to sit in the House \u2013 says she opposes a two-state solution, and does not believe in Israel\u2019s right to exist as a Jewish state.<\/span><\/p>\n

Linda Sarsour, a controversial Palestinian activist staunchly in favor of the BDS movement, was on Capitol Hill on Thursday to attend Tlaib\u2019s swearing in. A world map in her new office was marked with a Post-it marking Israel as Palestine just hours before Tlaib took her oath, on a Quran once owned by Thomas Jefferson.<\/span><\/p>\n

She and Omar plan on leading a trip to the West Bank as an alternative to a traditional trip for freshmen congressmen to Israel led by AIPAC, the largest Israel advocacy organization in Washington. Both women openly support the BDS movement, which a bipartisan majority in Congress may soon criminalize on a federal level.<\/span><\/p>\n

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