Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Brenda Jones |
| Constituency |
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| Member of the Michigan House of Representatives | |
| In office January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Tobocman |
| Succeeded by | Stephanie Chang |
| Constituency | 12th district (2009–2012) 6th district (2013–2014) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rashida Harbi July 24, 1976 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Socialists of America |
| Spouse(s) |
Fayez Tlaib
(m. 1998; div. 2015) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Wayne State University (BA) Thomas M. Cooley Law School (JD) |
| Signature | |
| Website | House website |
Rashida Tlaib[1] (born July 24, 1976) is an American politician and attorney who has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan since 2019. She is a Democratic former member of the Michigan House of Representatives. She represented the 6th District.
Tlaib became the first Muslim American woman to serve in the Michigan Legislature, and the second Muslim woman in history to be elected to any U.S. state legislature.[2]
Early life and education
Rashida Harbi was born in Detroit, Michigan on July 24, 1976. Her parents were Palestinian immigrants.[3] Tlaib helped raise her 14 siblings while her parents worked.[4]
Tlaib received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Wayne State University in 1998[5] and her Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2004.[6][7] Tlaib became a lawyer in 2007.[8]
U.S. House of Representatives
In 2018, Tlaib won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives seat from Michigan's 13th congressional district. She was unopposed in the general election and became the first Muslim woman in Congress and the first Palestinian-American woman in Congress.[9][10]
She is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.[11]
According to Aktualita.co: "(S)he is the first Palestinian-born congressman in the United States legislature" [12]
Tlaib supported the efforts to impeach President Donald Trump. In August 2016, she protested a speech Trump gave at Cobo Center and was removed from the scene.[13] On her first day in Congress, she argued that it was not necessary to wait for Special Counsel Robert Mueller to complete his criminal investigation before continuing with impeachment. Later that day, Tlaib spoke at a reception for the MoveOn campaign, where she said "impeach the motherfucker".[14] President Trump said her comments were "highly disrespectful to the United States of America".[15][16]
Tlaib is a member of "The Squad" along with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley. In 2020, she endorsed Bernie Sanders for President.
Personal life
In 1998, at the age of 22, Tlaib married Fayez Tlaib. They have two sons. The couple have since divorced. In 2018, a campaign spokesperson called Tlaib a single mother.[17]
References
- ↑ "Member Profile". State Bar of Michigan. Archived from the original on 2018-08-09. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ↑ Schallhorn, Kaitlyn (August 8, 2018). "Meet Rashida Tlaib, who is poised to become the first Muslim woman elected to Congress". Fox News. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- ↑ Spangler, Todd (September 9, 2018). "How Detroit's Rashida Tlaib will make history in Washington". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
- ↑ Warikoo, Niraj (December 14, 2008). "Disparate backgrounds source of bond". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014. — Full version at Archived December 14, 2018, at the Wayback Machine the blog of Niraj Warikoo
- ↑ "Wayne State University School of Social Work honoring outstanding alumni March 23". Today@Wayne. February 14, 2012. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ↑ "Alumni Elected Officials". www.cooley.edu. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
- ↑ Najm, Zeinab (September 1, 2018). "Rashida Tlaib poised to become first Muslim congresswoman". downriversundaytimes.com. Times-Herald Newspapers. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Member Profile". State Bar of Michigan. Archived from the original on August 9, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
- ↑ Astead W. Herndon, Rashida Tlaib, With Primary Win, Is Poised to Become First Muslim Woman in Congress, New York Times (August 8, 2018).
- ↑ "With primary win, Rashida Tlaib set to become first Palestinian-American congresswoman - U.S. News". Haaretz. Haaretz.com. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ↑ "There Will Now Likely Be Two Democratic Socialists of America Members in Congress". The Daily Beast. 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ↑ "Rashida's profile is the Palestinian United States Congressman". Aktualita.co. 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- ↑ Burns, Gus (August 8, 2016). "Protesters forcibly removed after disrupting Donald Trump speech in Detroit". Mlive. Archived from the original on January 5, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ↑ Phifer, Donica (January 4, 2019). "Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib refers to Donald Trump in speech, tells crowd 'we' will 'impeach this motherf---er'". Newsweek. Archived from the original on March 12, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
- ↑ "President Trump on impeachment comments from Rep. Rashida Tlaib", C-SPAN, 37:54, January 4, 2019, archived from the original on November 15, 2020, retrieved January 5, 2019
- ↑ DeBonis, Mike; Wagner, John (January 4, 2019). "'You can't impeach somebody that's doing a great job,' Trump says after Democrat's viral remark". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020.
- ↑ Prengel, Kate (August 8, 2018). "Rashida Tlaib: Is She Married? Is She Divorced? 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
Other websites
- Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib official U.S. House website
- Campaign website