Rep. Rashida Tlaib Sends Message to Pelosi: Remember You’re Attacking ‘Women of Color’

Four progressive freshmen Democratic Congresswomen reignited a feud with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) speaks during a press conference, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2019. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Four progressive freshmen Democratic Congresswomen reignited a feud with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that had gone dormant after the party briefly united against President Donald Trump.

Before Trump’s Twitter messages on July 14, a battle between Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) was brewing, with Ocasio-Cortez saying Pelosi was “outright disrespectful” and was singling out minorities for criticism.