"T'is better to be vile than vile esteem."
Rashida Tlaib shall be honored in the annals of history as the tale of the public official who breached the children's trust.
Rashida has bastardized the legacy of the Congressional Seat of Detroit, Conyers' former seat, and by this act alone, I believe her congressional members have grounds to bringforth a call of expulsion from the body.
Rashida is attempting to bleachbit civil rights history, again, but in this instance, it is the legacy of impeachment.
Rashida engages in insurgent actions, repugnant to my constitution, becoming of "The Elected Ones".
I should file an Ethics Complaint.
Nah.
I got popcorn.
A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.
Albert Camus
Tlaib launches sale of 'Impeach the MF' T-shirts
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s re-election campaign is capitalizing on calls to impeach President Donald Trump with a line of T-shirts sporting her January call to “Impeach the mother (expletive)!”Priced at $29 each, the T-shirts come in six different designs sporting the Detroit Democrat’s infamous call for Trump’s impeachment as part of an American flag or as a hashtag.
“You’ve asked for ‘em. And now we’ve got ‘em,” according to the Thursday email from Team Rashida.
The T-shirts reference a story Tlaib recounted soon after being sworn into office in early January 2019 at a MoveOn.org and New American Leaders party. In an address that was filmed and later went viral, Tlaib recounted her son telling her, “‘Look, Mama, you won. Bullies don’t win.’ And I said, ‘Baby, they don’t because we’re going to go in there and we’re going to impeach the mother (expletive).’”Lean in with me to hold this lawless President accountable. Together, we will fight back and protect our democracy.— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) September 26, 2019
Our country depends on it!
...and yes you can even wear what you feel https://t.co/8C3BUfp1kf pic.twitter.com/QwBADidAHo
The comment sparked a bipartisan backlash, including condemnation from Trump who called Tlaib’s comments “disgraceful” and “disrespectful.”
Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga of Zeeland slammed the T-shirts as inappropriate, saying he’d be letting his constituents know about them.
“Can you imagine the outrage if I had put a T-shirt together like that for impeaching President Obama?” Huizenga said.
“First of all, my mother would have called me and told me, ‘Shame on you.’ Then I would have heard from my Republican colleagues asking me, ‘What in the world are you doing?’” he added.
“Then I would have to face myself in the mirror and my kids and explain what’s going on, at the same time I’m getting preachy about decorum and how we need civility in politics.”
Tlaib hasn’t been shy about repeating calls for Trump’s impeachment, which included her introduction in late March of an impeachment resolution. But a recent whistleblower report alleging Trump abused his office’s power to “solicit interference from a foreign country” appears to have fueled Tlaib’s determination.
Tlaib's message is one familiar to people in the 13th Congressional District and one that some have grown to accept or embrace, said TJ Bucholz, Tlaib's campaign spokesman.
"Especially for Rashida’s supporters, it's probably a fun item and maybe a collectible item to have," Bucholz said.
The actblue.com web page advertising the T-shirts notes the nation is “at the most critical moment in our movement to impeach Donald Trump,” but that momentum and volume is needed to ensure swift action.
“Get your ‘Impeach the MF’ t-shirt today to show your support for our movement to impeach Donald Trump and support Rashida’s re-election campaign!” the website said.
The website notes that the items are being offered as a gift in return for a contribution of $29 and that Tlaib “is solely responsible for producing and shipping your gift.”
Reporter Melissa Nann Burke contributed.
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