South Flo. Politician "Unapologetic" for Racist Comment, Compares Muslim Congresswoman to "Hitler"

Earlier this week, Hallandale Beach Commissioner Anabelle Lima-Taub decided, for some godforsaken reason, to post on Facebook that she was worried that Rashida Tlaib, one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, was a "Hamas-loving anti-Semite" who would "blow up Capitol Hill." In other words: With zero evidence, she accused a Palestinian-American of being a terrorist. That's racist, full stop.

In the face of international scorn, Lima-Taub yesterday once again took to Facebook. However, she did not apologize for a painfully obvious act of racism. Instead, she doubled down by saying she was "unapologetic" and then compared Tlaib's ideas to those of Hitler's.

"I am offended by anyone who is NOT OFFENDED by Rashida Talib’s [sic] hateful rhetoric and pro BDS and other radical dangerous views calling for the obliteration of Israel, literally off the face of the map (as demonstrated here - this is a map hanging in her congressional office relabeling Israel as Palestine)," Lima-Taub wrote. "Hitler had a one-state solution when he began laying the foundation for a Nazi state back in 1933. I find Talib’s [sic] one-state solution (not including Israel) to be dangerous, radical and one that should be of concern to anyone not filled with hate in their heart."

Those ideas are insane: Lima-Taub, a Jewish woman who was born in Israel; and Tlaib, an American woman of Palestinian descent, obviously disagree about Israel's policies and that country's right to exist. But it's absolute nonsense to imply that Tlaib supports violence or terrorism. Lima-Taub misleadingly conflates criticism of the Israeli state with criticism of Jewish people; though Tlaib obviously has issues with the state of Israel, there is zero merit to claims she's acting out of hatred for Jews. Tlaib was born to two Palestinian immigrants: In 2008, she told the Detroit Free Press that her grandfather was shot by Israeli soldiers during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.

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