Rep. Rashida Tlaib Deletes Inflammatory Tweet Falsely Blaming ‘White Supremacy’ for Jersey City Murders

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), listens to a question from a constituent in Wixom, Mich., on Aug. 15, 2019. Paul Sancya/AP

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) has deleted a tweet falsely blaming a shooting in New Jersey this week on “white supremacy,” following the revelation that the shooters are linked to the Black Hebrew Israelite movement.

The congresswoman posted the since-deleted tweet on Dec. 12, sharing an image of one of the multiple victims of the Tuesday Jersey City shooting, 24-year-old Moshe Deutsch, an Orthodox Jew, along with the caption: “This is heartbreaking. White supremacy kills.”