Rashida Tlaib had tried to end the backlash against her comments regarding the Holocaust while appearing on 'Late Night with Seth Meyers.'
Remarks made by freshman congresswoman Rashida Tlaib about the Holocaust have continued to draw ire from Republicans despite her attempts to place the comments in context on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
Tlaib has faced days of backlash following remarks she made on Saturday. Speaking to Yahoo News' Skullduggery podcast, Tlaib said she was “humbled by the fact that it was my ancestors that had to suffer” to create the state of Israel. As a result, she said, “there’s a kind of a calming feeling, I always tell folks, when I think of the Holocaust.”
Speaking on Late Night, Tlaib reiterated that her statements had been taken out of context. “The reason why Israel was created was to create a safe haven for Jews around the world and there is something, in many ways, beautiful about that; my ancestors—many had died or had to give up their livelihood, their human dignity to provide a safe haven for Jews in our world,” the congresswoman said.
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