Rashida Tlaib is a badass.--Was told to get a job by MAGA --and she did......

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I had not seen this before--nor the article.



Rashida Tlaib is a badass.

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“Get a Job”...She did
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‏ @AlytaDeLeon
22h22 hours ago

It seems she protested one of Trump’s rally in 2016.
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“Get a Job”...She did

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‏ @AlytaDeLeon
17h17 hours ago

Article about the incident
https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2016/08/24/rashida-tlaib-why-disrupted-donald-trump/89251860/ …



OPINION
Rashida Tlaib: Why I disrupted Donald Trump

https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2016/08/24/rashida-tlaib-why-disrupted-donald-trump/89251860/


Rashida Tlaib, Free Press guest writer Published 9:48 a.m. ET Aug. 24, 2016

| Updated 10:39 a.m. ET Aug. 24, 2016




Titles carry a lot of weight in today’s society. When meeting someone we ask who they are, their place of employment, and their title. Are you a mom? Are you in leadership? How do you identify? I have had the fortunate privilege of serving as a state representative for residents in the great cities of Detroit, River Rouge, and Ecorse. Yet, that’s not the title I was thinking about when I joined 12 other brave women, and interrupted Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during his speech at the Detroit Economic Club earlier this month.

Instead the titles that ran through my mind were: American, parent, Muslim, Arab-American, and woman. As I thought about my identities, I felt more and more that confronting Trump was the most patriotic and courageous act I could pursue.

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I have heard critics calling it unbecoming of a former state legislator. Well, I believe it is unbecoming of any American to not stand up to Trump’s hate-filled rhetoric and tactics. Growing up the daughter of Palestinian immigrants in Detroit, I was taught about how Walter Reuther, Coleman Young, Rosa Parks, Viola Liuzzo and other great Detroiters risked their lives for justice. I still remember at the age of 12, learning that segregation had been permitted only a couple of decades before I was born and that a woman’s right to vote was not even a century old. But it was great Americans who stood up, some dying for the cause, to make our country better.




Courteous behavior can’t be reserved for someone who labels hardworking Mexican immigrants who have come to pursue the American Dream as “rapists.” Social niceties are not in order for men who would turn away refugees fleeing for their lives based on their faith to have them suffer in camps. And complacency is not warranted for a presidential candidate who denigrates a mother and father who have lost their child in the ultimate sacrifice of military service.


I can’t describe the fear that gripped me when I rose in front of nearly 2,000 professionals at this tony, corporate setting. I watched as Trump supporters taunted the women who stood before me as they were aggressively and briskly led to the exits. I froze, feeling the anger around me that would make anyone tremble. Yet, I could only think of the unwavering love for my two sons to find the courage to do my own part..............................


............As a responsible parent who continues to reflect and read the criticisms of my actions, I think of my two boys and I remind myself: silence is not an option and it never should be.



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Michigan State Representative Rashida H. Tlaib (D-Detroit). (Photo: Provided)

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[dalton99a]

1. Impeach the motherfucker.

[spanone]

2. ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧⇧ ⇧

[riversedge]

5. I would say that comment is one of the primary reasons Trump is going after her.

[dalton99a]

6. I think so too.

[keithbvadu2]

3. MAGA dude: tell that to the coal miners.

MAGA dude: tell that to the coal miners.

[guillaumeb]

4. Recommended.

She is correct. Many of them are crazy. Many of them are racists as well.

[ck4829]

7. Very nice

[AllaN01Bear]

8. wonder if that maga person is on ssi or has a job.

ive heard that line for years .

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9. A Call to Action

I urge every person on DU to stand up just like Rashida Tlaib has done--and continues to do. Find a way in your community to help the homeless. Find a way in your community to help the asylum seekers and immigrants. Find a way to fix the many wrongs that are occurring under this administration. Physically make your presence known by protesting out loud on street corners and events that are just plain wrong. Put yourself out there into the universe.

I guarantee that when you step away from your computer and join other people in helping your community that you will feel like you are making a difference--because you are.

In Denver, here are a couple of things that you could do but we all have different interests so move in your direction of interest:

Casa de Paz--Become a volunteer to assist asylum seekers and immigrants being dumped on the street out of the Aurora GEO detention center to offer a bed, shower, meals, and assistance on their way to relatives and friends. (They have a house but need volunteers and donors to help out.)

Denver Homeless Outloud--Fighting tirelessly for the rights of the homeless.