Tlaib Faces Backlash for Comment on Airstrikes Against Houthis: ‘They’re Bombing Terrorists, Rashida’

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) drew condemnation from personalities on both sides of the political spectrum when she seemingly expressed outrage over recent airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Tlaib responded to reports of a Signal text group that included national security officials, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The group reportedly discussed classified details of upcoming attacks against the armed terror group.

Someone accidentally looped in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor of "The Atlantic," into the chat.

"This is an outrageous national security breach, and heads should roll," Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) told Axios, a quote relayed by reporter Andrew Solender on X.

Tlaib replied, "More heat for using a group chat than for the bombing itself."

More heat for using a group chat than for the bombing itself. https://t.co/aH2R5vXiag
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) March 24, 2025

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Followers on social media swiftly fired back at Tlaib over the comment, another in a long line of examples in which the congresswoman initially jumps to the defense of terrorist organizations.

"They’re bombing terrorists, Rashida," Townhall editor Katie Pavlich succinctly explained to the Squad member.

Former CNN and current News Nation correspondent Chris Cuomo wondered, "You want them to attack more Americans?"

"I mean, yeah, because killing Iranian-backed jihadists is a good thing," Chief Investigative Correspondent for Just the News Jerry Dunleavy chimed in.

Rashida Tlaib’s take on Signal-gate is that the real problem is America killing terrorists https://t.co/AeacSXlBbD
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) March 25, 2025

President Donald Trump earlier this month ordered large-scale attacks on the Houthis, a radical Islamist group that is allied with Iran.

"They have waged an unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American, and other, ships, aircraft, and drones," Trump said, citing rebel attacks ongoing in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since October 7th, 2023. "Joe Biden's response was pathetically weak, so the unrestrained Houthis just kept going."

"The Houthi attack on American vessels will not be tolerated," Trump added. "We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective."

It's not surprising to see Tlaib side with the Houthis.

This past July, the Michigan Democrat, who is Palestinian American and one of just three Muslim members of Congress, taunted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his speech to Congress with an auction-style paddle that alternately read “War Criminal” and “Guilty of Genocide.”

Tlaib was censured for anti-Israel comments and for promoting war propaganda from Hamas in 2023. She has a rich and established history of obscene behavior, promoting terrorist sympathizers and denouncing American allies.

Five months prior to the October 7th terror attack on Israel perpetrated by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups, Tlaib posed for pictures and spoke to attendees at an art show advocating for Israel’s destruction and promoting known terrorists.

Less than two weeks after the heinous attacks, Tlaib tearfully incited a pro-Palestinian riot in D.C. by parroting Hamas propaganda about a hospital attack that turned out to be disinformation.

Hundreds of insurrectionists were arrested.

So @RashidaTlaib addressed a crowd of Hamas supporters outside the Capitol, lied and told them that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza, and then these protesters stormed the Capitol. When will she be impeached and charged with felonies by Jack Smith? pic.twitter.com/RAqoI8HPA8
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 18, 2023

Representative Tlaib is one of the most anti-American members of Congress today. Her behavior has far exceeded censure levels. It's time for expulsion.

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