Remember: Tlaib interrupted a Trump speech to business leaders … all in the name of ‘doing her part’

July 20, 2019   

(Townhall) An August 2016 video of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) being escorted out of then-candidate Donald Trump’s speech has resurfaced on social media. The video shows security guards removing Tlaib from the speech after interrupting the Republican nominee.

“You guys are crazy!” Tlaib yells at people in the audience.

It turns out Tlaib penned an opinion piece in the Detroit Free Press after the disruption took place to explain her actions.

According to Tlaib, she felt compelled to disrupt Trump because of his “hate-filled rhetoric and tactics.” She and 12 other women made a commotion during Trump’s speech to the Detroit Economic Club in August 2016.

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