At 90 years old, the grandmother of Rep. Rashida Tlaib has come out swinging at President Donald Trump.
Muftia Tlaib has found herself in the middle of an international war of words between the congresswoman, Trump, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The bitter exchange stem from the fact that Tlaib has been going back and forth with Trump because of her ties with two other high-profile fresh-faced Democrats — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
Over the summer, both Omar and Tlaib, the first two Muslim women to be elected to Congress, were set to visit Israel; but it is believed that Trump pressured Netanyahu into denying the politicians entry into the country.
Israel officials say they deny the congresswomen’s visas due to their support for the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement.
The movement is against the policies put in place by Israel toward Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
In a surprising twist, Netanyahu had a change of mind and announced that Tlaib would be given the visa needed to visit her grandmother who lives in the village of Beit Ur Al-Fauqa in the West Bank.
The Michigan Democrat revealed that she rejects the visit because some of the restrictions Israel imposed on the trip. The Democrat has not seen her grandmother since 2006.
On Friday night, Trump took to Twitter where he said that Muftia Tlaib was lucky that she does not have to see her granddaughter.
POTUS tweeted: “Rep. Tlaib wrote a letter to Israeli officials desperately wanting to visit her grandmother. Permission was quickly granted, whereupon Tlaib obnoxiously turned the approval down, a complete setup. The only real winner here is Tlaib’s grandmother. She doesn’t have to see her now!”
Trump went on to say: “The only real winner here is Tlaib’s grandmother. She doesn’t have to see her now!”
The grandmother decided to hit back at Trump by revealing that she wants her daughter to visit the Land of Milk and Honey and went on to curse the president. She said: “May God ruin him.”
Muftia Tlaib also reveals that she hopes to see the congresswoman soon and added: “My heart tells me that she will come.”
Bassam Tlaib also spoke to the media and said the lawmaker “sees her granny as a second mother, and she has always supported her. Rashida says she owes her success to her grandmother.”
Rep. Tlaib bashed Isreal in a tweet that said: “Silencing me & treating me like a criminal is not what she wants for me. It would kill a piece of me.”
Via social media, many American voters are voicing their opinions on the matter.
This person snapped at the officials in Israel over their decision for the following reason: “Desperately? ? So, when was it that Israel so viciously disallowed her entrance into the country, JUST BECAUSE of her political viewpoint. Is THAT what it is coming to? If you don’t like what a country is run, don’t even think about ”trying” to visit it? ?”
This social media user had this point of view to share: “Disagreeing with a sitting administration is not disagreeing with the representative republic. If you don’t like the trajectory of the United States, which you love, you run for President and change it. That seems a little different than a country that your not citizen of and your official position is that it shouldn’t exist and you want to boycott, but you want to go visit? I don’t want to visit Iran, that’s all I’m saying.”
Another commenter decided to show support for Israel by writing: “Israel is a sovereign country and can deny anyone they want from entering their country. Maybe they should go to Tehran. I’m sure they’d welcome them with open arms. Or better yet go to Somalia! Yeah, but she didn’t get to play the victim card. Israel stole her thunder when they offered to let her visit.”
An Instagrammer had the following to say: “Amazing what happens when sensible border and migration controls are in effect. A sovereign nation gets to keep out undesirables. Regardless of who they think they are!! As far as I’m concerned, no explanation needed.”
Trump is reportedly eager to turn the two controversial congresswomen into the faces of the Democratic party.
