Biden promised the legislator that he will do everything he can to make sure her Palestinian family members remain safe inside Israel's West Bank.
"I tell you what Rashida," Biden said, addressing her directly during their visit to aauto plant in Dearborn, Michigan on Tuesday."I want to say to you that I admire your intellect, I admire your passion and I admire your concern for so many other people."
"And it's from my heart, I pray that your grandmom and family are well. I promise you I'm going to do everything to see that they are, in the West Bank," Biden added, referencing the legislator's family members in Israel."You're a fighter, and God, thank you for being a fighter." Tlaib, who identifies as Palestinian-American, reportedly talked to Biden about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at a Michigan airport on Tuesday after his arrival.
She told Biden that"Palestinian human rights are not a bargaining chip and must be protected, not negotiated. The U.S. cannot continue to give the right-wing Netanyahu government billions each year to commit crimes against Palestinians," according toDemocratic President Joe Biden has called Democratic Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib a"fighter" a day after she accused him of"taking orders" from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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