You would think that after years of these incidents piling up, certain politicians would learn how to handle a simple question without detonating into outrage performance mode, but apparently that wisdom still hasn’t reached Rashida Tlaib. When confronted with footage of an Islamist protest in Dearborn where crowds openly chanted “Death to America,” she didn’t condemn the chant, didn’t express concern, didn’t show the slightest hesitation. She went straight to accusing the reporter of racism for asking about it. That’s become the standard move now. When reality looks bad, blame the person who noticed.
The protest in question wasn’t some fringe backyard gathering either. It was the Al Quds Day rally held every April, an event created by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini and embraced every year by pro Iran activists around the world. Dearborn has one of the largest Arab American populations in the country, so naturally the event drew a massive crowd. The video shows exactly what you’d expect from a Khomeini inspired protest, chants of “Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” green flags waving, a man with a microphone leading the crowd like it was karaoke night for extremists.
Organizers later claimed the man leading the chant wasn’t affiliated with them and that the chant was “wrongful.” Sure. These events have been running the same script for decades, but suddenly the one guy with a microphone doesn’t represent anything. They must think the entire country fell off a turnip truck yesterday.
The whole situation resurfaced this week after the terrorist attack in downtown Washington and the violent outburst in Dearborn where mobs attacked a right wing activist for burning a Quran. So reporters asked Tlaib the obvious question. Does she condemn the chants. Instead she snapped at the Fox News reporter, accused him of pushing racist tropes and walked off. No condemnation. No comment about extremists. Nothing. Just the typical shield of identity politics.
Ron DeSantis summed it up perfectly by asking what we’re doing to ourselves. It’s a fair question. President Trump certainly isn’t confused about it. After Wednesday’s attack he promised to end immigration from unstable countries and launch a review of every special visa handed out to nationals from high risk regions. He pointed directly at the Afghan migrant threat and the massive welfare fraud schemes in Minneapolis where Somali immigrants siphoned off hundreds of millions of dollars, some of it ending up with groups like al Shabaab.
Trump’s Thanksgiving message pulled no punches, reminding Americans how political correctness and soft headed leadership allowed this mess to grow. Fifty three million foreign born residents, many receiving assistance, many arriving from failed states or criminal networks. That’s not an immigration system. That’s a national security risk disguised as humanitarian outreach.
What happened in Dearborn isn’t some harmless cultural expression. It’s a warning. And the people yelling racism every time someone points it out are hoping you ignore it until it’s too late.
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