Rashida Tlaib

Rashida Harbi Tlaib born July 24 1976 is an American politician and lawyer serving as the US representative for Michigans 12th congressional district since 2019 known as the 13th congressional district until 2023 The district includes the western half of Detroit along with several of its western suburbs such as Dearborn Southfield and much of the Downriver area A member of the Democratic Party Tlaib represented the 6th and 12th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives before her election to Congress In 2018 Tlaib won the Democratic nomination for the United States House of Representatives seat from Michigans 13th congressional district She ran unopposed in the general election and became the first woman of Palestinian descent in Congress the first Muslim woman to serve in the Michigan legislature and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress along with Ilhan Omar DMN Tlaib is a member of The Squad an informal group of six four until the 2020 elections US representatives on the left wing of the Democratic Party Tlaib and Alexandria OcasioCortez DNY were the first female members of Democratic Socialists of America to serve in Congress Tlaib has argued in favor of abolishing the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement She was a vocal critic of the Trump administration and advocated for Trumps impeachment On foreign affairs she has sharply criticized the Israeli government called for an end to US aid to Israel supports a onestate solution and supports the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions campaign