House Floor Descends Into Chaos After Miller Accuses Tlaib of Ties to Hezbollah, Is Censored and Barred From Speaking

Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, accused Rep.

U.S. Forces from Lebanon. ” Tlaib said the remark was “an attack on my character” and asked Rep. , the presiding officer, to rule Miller’s words out of order. Obernolte struck Miller’s remarks from the record after the floor was frozen for more than an hour.

Miller was barred from speaking for the remainder of Wednesday. , delivered a statement on Miller’s behalf, saying, “Yes, I said it. ” Mast tried to enter materials into the record about Tlaib’s alleged associations with terrorist groups, including a 2023 Fox News Digital story that said Tlaib belonged to a private Facebook group that glorified Hamas’ Oct.

7 invasion of Israel. Tlaib objected. Tlaib, a member of the Squad, is expected to force a vote Thursday on the Lebanon war powers resolution. -designated terrorist organization in Lebanon and a proxy force of the Iranian regime.

Tlaib has argued that the United States should not assist Israel’s war in Lebanon. U.S. military operations to protect the American embassy in Beirut and to train the Lebanese Armed Forces to fight Hezbollah.

Rep. ” Rep. U.S. forces remain to help train Lebanon’s army to combat Hezbollah. ” Tlaib’s resolution is likely to die on the House floor Thursday amid bipartisan opposition and is expected to divide Democrats.