Rashida Tlaib

A Representative from Michigan. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. , July 24, 1976. Graduated from Southwestern High School, Detroit, Mich. , 1994. B. A. , Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich. , 1998. J. D. , Western Michigan University, Lansing, Mich. , 2004. Lawyer. Staff, Michigan state house of representatives, 2007-2008. Member of the Michigan state house of representatives, 2009-2014. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2019-present). Censured by the U. S. House of Representatives on November 7, 2023, for "promoting false narratives regarding the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and for calling for the destruction of the state of Israel. ".