Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) had an unwanted spotlight shined on her over the weekend after Clarion Project and other media outlets reported that she had invited Abbas Hamideh, a Hezbollah supporter and anti-Semitic Palestinian activist, to a private dinner with family and friends.
Hamideh, who is the president of the Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, tweeted a photo of him and Tlaib. Another lesser known photo of Hamideh and Tlaib was posted on his Facebook in April:
While it’s unclear how much influence Hamideh has in Tlaib’s life, Hamidah has a history of associations with terrorists and extremists.
