Rashida Tlaib

“I don't like this bill. I want universities to boycott Israel. I say the bill punishes free speech. I say Israel is an apartheid state. I say many Jews agree with me. I say a minister in Israel posted a gas chamber image. I say students should boycott that. I say the bill takes away education from working-class students. I say this bill is bad. I say Trump is dismantling education. I say we should protect free speech and the right to boycott.”

“TSA shares data with ICE. This leads to arrests and detentions at airports. Airports are now like detention centers. ICE targets immigrants who are trying to change their status. They track and scare immigrants. Why? ICE said immigrants at airports are 'easy targets'. I don't like this. I want it to stop. TSA should not help ICE be cruel. The TSA administrator should stop lying about the data-sharing agreement with ICE. Please support my bill to stop TSA data sharing with ICE.”

“I am part of a group that talks about diversity. I want to say that the President is bad. He does bad things to people who don't look like him. He puts bad people in power. They do bad things. I don't like them. They are mean to people like me. The government does not help people who need help. Black mothers need help. Black communities need help. The government does not help them. The government gives money to polluters. That hurts people. People need clean air and water. The government does not give it to them. That is bad. The President does not help. He hurts people. He does not care about people who don't look like him. I want people to know that the President is bad.”

“I want you to free Sama Safi. She is a 20-year-old U.S. citizen. Israeli forces took her. She is in an Israeli military prison. She is sick. Her doctors say she needs medicine. I talked to her parents. They are scared. I don't like how she is being treated. We wrote a letter about her. I want the Secretary to work on releasing her. She should be with her family.”

“I am sad a man died. He had a parade. I saw it when I was little. He made a magazine about people like him. He made a group for more people like him. He was in the army. He went to a church. People liked him. He liked being different. I think being different is good.”

“Corporate greed is bad. I don't like corporate greed. CEOs make a lot of money. Gas prices are high. That's bad for people in Colorado. I want to blame Trump and his war for high prices, not socialism. Republicans help corporations. They give them tax cuts. That's bad. I like socialism. Democratic Socialists want universal healthcare and childcare. They want to help families. We should tax the rich. I don't want to cut programs like Medicaid and SNAP. I think Republicans want to cut them to give money to corporations.”

“I want you to be afraid of what Trump's government does to immigrants. Immigrants are good people. I want you to free this immigrant now. He did nothing wrong but speak against genocide and for political prisoners. The government is scary and bad for arresting him. I want you to think they arrest people for political dissent. This should scare you.”

“Kate Shishkovsky died. She worked for the Democratic Party. She did a lot for our city. Her death makes me sad.”

“People have bad credit. That's bad. I have a bill. It will make credit reports better. It will help people who have bad credit. Some people have bad credit because they got scammed. Some people have bad credit because they are sick. Some people have bad credit because of their ex. My bill will help them. It will take bad things off their credit reports. It will make credit reports shorter. It will help people get jobs and houses and cars and loans. It will help them thrive. Some people can't get jobs and houses and cars and loans because their credit reports are bad. That's not fair. Credit reports are bad. They have errors. My bill will fix them. This is not about politics. This is about people. Our residents deserve this.”

“I want to talk about Black moms dying. It is bad. Our healthcare system is bad. Mental health problems cause moms to die. Black moms have it the worst. I am the chair of a group that works on these issues. We want to fix this problem. We show pictures of Black moms who died. People need to listen to them. I will keep talking about this. We need to save Black moms now.”

“A group in my district got an award. They do good work. I want to talk about them.”

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