Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Democrat from Georgia, has issued a request for an inquiry into the large-scale demonstration that occurred on Wednesday at the United States Capitol.
Greene identified Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who was vehemently opposed to Israel, as the leader of the protests, and he published a sequence of tweets depicting the attendees’ mobile devices. Several of her tweets amassed views in the hundreds of thousands.
More than three hundred individuals were detained on Wednesday, ABC reports, following a massive demonstration in the Capitol Rotunda by anti-Israel protesters. The magnitude of the demonstration prompted the U.S. Capitol Police to request aid from other departments.
“I demand @capitolpolice preserve all video footage inside and outside the Cannon House office building today. There must be an investigation into the organized breach and occupation that stopped Congress from holding a Speaker election and continuing legislative business today,” Greene posted on X.
I demand @CapitolPolice preserve all video footage inside and outside the Cannon House office building today.
There must be an investigation into the organized breach and occupation that stopped Congress from holding a Speaker election and continuing legislative business today. https://t.co/QBWVF1XjT9
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) October 18, 2023
“Global Intifada and Jewish Voice for Peace are the organizing groups that antisemite and Pro-Hamas Rashida Tlaib brought in today,” she posted on X.
She referred to Tlaib as the “Hamas Caucus Leader” and claimed to be “leading the insurrection” in a separate X post.
“GOLBAL INTIFADA!!! It’s an Arabic rebellion and uprising!!! Photo of one of the insurrectionist phones!!! These people are NOT for peace!” she posted on X.
GOLBAL INTIFADA!!!
It’s an Arabic rebellion and uprising!!!
Photo of one of the insurrectionist phones!!!
These people are NOT for peace! pic.twitter.com/CH6j2LggEb
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) October 18, 2023
Read one of these insurrectionist phones Andrew.
Global Intifada does NOT mean peace!!!
Whoops got a screenshot of their phone. https://t.co/vp4t6yLnqj pic.twitter.com/PbZjAf54Kt
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) October 18, 2023
There’s an insurrection happening now on Capitol Hill https://t.co/hBMIcv3pqW
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) October 18, 2023
Others also deplored the spectacle.
The irony is the US Constitution protects these protesters freedom to be absolute idiots. If they were in Gaza they would be beheaded. https://t.co/5n6BeU5wB2
— Rep Ryan Zinke (@RepRyanZinke) October 18, 2023
Hamas sympathizers have entered the Capitol Rotunda building to protest
Will they receive the J6 treatment? pic.twitter.com/Mse81RSH6b
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) October 18, 2023
Tlaib endeavored to galvanize the protest prior to the entrance of protesters into the Capitol.
“A lot of people are not gonna forget this! It’s not a threat — it isn’t!” she said, according to the U.K. Daily Mail.
“[We] just continue to watch people think it’s OK to bomb a hospital with children,” Tlaib said before the protest, siding with Hamas in its discredited claims that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza.
In 2021, Tlaib said she deplored “hate rhetoric,” according to the Detroit News.
“The attack on the Capitol is a constant thought right now. For not only myself, but I think for many. I can’t walk around this complex now without a sense of fear at this moment,” Tlaib said then, referring to the events of Jan. 6, 2021.