HANNAH BLEAU(Breitbart)
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) told Vanity Fair that the current moment — and “movement” on the streets — gives more “credibility” to why she ran for office.
Vanity Fair published a photo portfolio to celebrate Black Lives Matter activists and those who are on the “forefront of change.” The collection of activists includes “Squad” member Rashida Tlaib, who told the magazine that the current movement solidifies why she ran for Congress.
“How has this moment galvanized you and your activism?” the magazine asked.
“It just gives more credibility to why I ran. It gives more credibility [to] why I fight to [lift] people out of poverty, why I am saying enough with structural racism, and ending mass incarceration, and ending the injustices that we see in our school system,” Tlaib explained, speaking of the “movement on the street,” specifically.
“When I see this movement on the street—that’s where transformative change really starts and it’s hitting us right here in the halls of Congress,” she said, adding that it is “powerful to watch it happen.”
Fellow “Squad” member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made similar remarks, calling the movement “profoundly exciting.”
She added:
I think that all these people in the streets that are educating others, that are engaging in this elevated and amplified way, have really emboldened me, and it’s given me a lot of courage and encouragement to try to match the energy of everyone else right now who’s really fighting for progressive change.
Neither Ocasio-Cortez nor Tlaib condemned the violent riots dominating U.S. cities in their interviews.
While “Squad” members continue to praise the greater “movement,” business owners in cities such as Kenosha are picking up the pieces. Protesters took to the streets of Kenosha Monday night, spurred by the officer-involved shooting of Jacob Blake, and destroyed area businesses, setting many of them on fire:
Furniture store in #Kenosha set ablaze by mob. #Wisconsin pic.twitter.com/m4amzmCE68
— Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) August 25, 2020
From earlier in the night: One of the many buildings that was set on fire in Kenosha. pic.twitter.com/P6btJ2M01x
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 25, 2020
KENOSHA: #BLM rioters burned down the youth correctional facility with the help of black bloc Antifa
This is one of several building destroyed by arsonists in the area
#KenoshaRiots pic.twitter.com/OAEGkV5fVe
— ELIJAH RIOT (@ElijahSchaffer) August 25, 2020
