A NEW FORM OF RESISTANCE
Liberals Are All in Defending New Congresswoman Who Declared Democrats Are ‘Going to Impeach the Motherf*cker’

Newly-sworn-in U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is one of the first two Muslim women Members of Congress. And after a day of celebrating, voting, and more celebrating, she told supporters Thursday night that House Democrats are going to impeach President Trump.
Except that’s not exactly what she said.
Congresswoman Tlaib at a MoveOn event shared a conversation she had with her son.
“And when your son looks at you and says, ‘Mama look, you won. Bullies don’t win,’ and I said, ‘Baby, they don’t,’ because we’re gonna go in there and we’re going to impeach the motherf****r.”
Here’s the video:
Congresswoman @RashidaTlaib tells cheering crowd that Trump impeachment coming
“We’re going to go in and impeach the motherfucker” pic.twitter.com/oQJYqR78IA
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) January 4, 2019
On the right, conservatives and Republicans are furious.
Here’s Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, aghast, expressing his faux outrage on Fox News:
Asked about @RashidaTlaib using f-word while calling for Trump’s impeachment, @GOPLeader McCarthy clutches pearls.
“Look what she said to her son in a rally she thought was private last night.”
Ends by saying he wants to be called “Republican leader,” not “minority leader.” pic.twitter.com/Bcr38wSZlW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 4, 2019
On the left, liberals and Democrats on social media (not all, but mostly) are thrilled – and only too happy to push back against the right, reminding them of the record of the man in the White House and the reason they say they like him so much.
This tweet pretty much sums it all up:
Wingnuts on “Grab them by the pussy”: I like Trump, because there’s no filter
On “Impeach the motherfucker”: I’M SO TRIIIIIGGGGEEERRRED! https://t.co/N4OMOxRMon
— Deep State Wisco 🏴☠️ (@Wisco) January 4, 2019
Here are some on the left (presumably – we haven’t checked their political leanings) reminding America what’s really important:
If you are more upset by the word “motherfucker” than you are by Trump tossing children in cages, then fuck you. You are a garbage person.
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) January 4, 2019
I agree. She should have said “pathological lying motherfucker”
— Jack Evans (@Jack4Evanss) January 4, 2019
I guarantee you that people from ‘shit hole’ countries and women striving not to be grabbed by their ‘pussy’ are hoping ‘motherfucker’ Trump is impeached tomorrow.
— Jeremy Newberger (@jeremynewberger) January 4, 2019
Rashida Tlaib should say she’ll apologize for calling the president “motherfucker” as soon as there are no longer any kids languishing and dying in American detention camps.
No civility in words without civility in deeds.
— laura olin (@lauraolin) January 4, 2019
Trump put babies in cages and an attempted rapist on the Supreme Court.
Motherfucker is a polite term for what he is, tbh.
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) January 4, 2019
The government is still shut down because the president isn’t getting the wall he said Mexico will pay for and a lot of y’all are more concerned about a woman calling him a motherfucker.
— “Celia” (@_celia_bedelia_) January 4, 2019
Brother, when I saw the video, my fist went into the air a la Freddie Mercury, I immediately developed a girl crush, & I’m now searching for a t-shirt w/her face & those words on it. I certainly hopes she gets that motherfucker! #GoMama
— nmgreen”heretic”chile (@nmgreenchile) January 4, 2019
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