(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) took aim at a bill in the House Foreign Affairs Committee condemning the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, calling it “unconstitutional.”
The measure, H.R. 246, aims “to silence opposition of Israel’s blatantly racist policies that demonize both Palestinians & Ethiopians,” Tlaib, who is Palestinian and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, tweeted Wednesday afternoon.
“Our 1st Amd. right to free speech allows boycott of inhumane policies. This bill is unconstitutional,” she added.
The bill has 336 co-sponsors, including House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) and House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).
