Rep. Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Harbi TlaibOn The Money: Congress prepares for a fight as an unemployment cliff looms | Wave of evictions could be coming for the nation’s tenants | House approves 9.5B Ocasio-Cortez spending package, Tlaib proposes amendment to fund administration of ‘opportunity zone’ program Ilhan Omar is one and ready? Why could I lose the August primaries MORE? (D-Mich.) He is talking about why he has not yet joined the majority of his party members to back the alleged presidential candidate. Joe Biden
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In a Newsweek interview published Monday, the freshman lawmaker, who had previously endorsed the senator. Bernie Sanders
Bernie SandersHarris, viewed as Biden VP’s favorite as clock ticking What is lost if the parties abandon the nomination conventions? Is Ilhan Omar ready yet? Why could I lose the August primaries MORE? (I-Vt.) In the 2020 presidential race, she felt pressured about why she hasn’t supported the former vice president.
“You haven’t called me directly or anything, but, no, right now I’m focused on my election, my constituents, and my residents,” Tlaib told the media. “One thing I know is that I’m going to be really focused on participation in the fall. When I focus on participation, we’ll hand Michigan over to Joe Biden. “
“Trump only won Michigan by 10,000 votes. When I remove my parents and my district, we can regain status. When you mainly focus on getting people to vote in a district like mine, [Biden] wins, “he continued.
Pressed in the interview about why she finds it difficult to back Biden in the next race, Tlaib said, “because I don’t want to get into a debate with my residents.”
“The residents come up to me and say, ‘Rashida, I don’t know. I hear Joe Biden this, Joe Biden that. I say, ‘Listen, do we need another four years of Trump? No. So what I need you to do is get out there and focus on that, ‘”he said.
“If the ultimate goal is to get rid of Donald Trump
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Tlaib’s comments come as the Michigan Democrat prepares for a competitive primary early next month, in which she faces a challenge from Detroit City Council President and former Rep. Brenda Jones, who has endorsed Biden for president.
Tlaib is one of two members of “The Squad,” a quartet of progressive House of Representatives lawmakers who joined Congress in 2018, who has yet to publicly endorse Biden in the presidential race, along with the representative. Ayanna Pressley
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The remaining members of the group, representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Who also previously supported Sanders in the race, have supported Biden.
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