(Hill) Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) blasted Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for coming out in defense of Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-Mich.) comments on the Holocaust and Israel, alleging the California Democrat “is making a selfish play call for her gavel” instead of standing up to members of her party.
Tlaib drew backlash after an interview she gave to Yahoo News’s “Skullduggery” podcast over the weekend, in which she said she gets “a calming feeling” when thinking about her Palestinian ancestors’ role in “trying to create a safe haven for Jews, post-the Holocaust.”
Pelosi called on President Trump and GOP lawmakers to apologize to Tlaib on Monday, alleging they took her remarks out of context after Republicans blasted the firebrand freshman’s comments as anti-Semitic.
