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A Florida official came under fire after comparing Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib to a suicide bomber who might blow up the Capitol Hill.
Tlaib is the first Palestinian American woman in United States Congress.
"A Hamas-loving anti-Semite has NO place in government! She is a danger and [I] would not put it past her to become a martyr and blow up Capitol Hill," Anabelle Lima-Taub, a commissioner in Hallandale Beach, said.
Tlaib later rebuked Lima-Taub's Islamophobic remarks on Twitter.
"This sort of hateful anti-Muslim rhetoric doesn't happen in a vacuum - this President embraced it and Republicans have happily gone along with it," she wrote.
The Florida official — who also added a link to a petition demanding Tlaib be removed from Congress — faced harsh criticism for her Islamophobic message.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called for Lima-Taub's resignation.
"CAIR-Florida strongly condemns the disgraceful racist and Islamophobic statements published by Commissioner Annabelle Lima-Taub," Wilfredo Ruiz, communications director for the CAIR in Florida, said in a statement.
Tlaib is the first Palestinian American woman in United States Congress.
"A Hamas-loving anti-Semite has NO place in government! She is a danger and [I] would not put it past her to become a martyr and blow up Capitol Hill," Anabelle Lima-Taub, a commissioner in Hallandale Beach, said.
Tlaib later rebuked Lima-Taub's Islamophobic remarks on Twitter.
"This sort of hateful anti-Muslim rhetoric doesn't happen in a vacuum - this President embraced it and Republicans have happily gone along with it," she wrote.
The Florida official — who also added a link to a petition demanding Tlaib be removed from Congress — faced harsh criticism for her Islamophobic message.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called for Lima-Taub's resignation.
"CAIR-Florida strongly condemns the disgraceful racist and Islamophobic statements published by Commissioner Annabelle Lima-Taub," Wilfredo Ruiz, communications director for the CAIR in Florida, said in a statement.
