Ohio Republican sponsors amendment disallowing use of funds on foreign flags as Tlaib flies Palestinian flag

Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) sponsored an appropriation amendment clarifying that funds may not be used on any foreign flags. His sponsoring of the amendment comes as Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) flies the Palestinian flag outside her office.

In response to a tweet from Washington Examiner reporter Reese Gorman showing the Palestinian flag outside Tlaib’s office, Miller portrayed the flying of the flag as an affront to the United States’s national honor. In response, he put forward a motion seeking to de facto prevent flags not of the U.S. from being paid for by appropriations bills.

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“The halls of Congress belong to America. They should be reserved for flags that embody our great nation. The Palestinian flag should not have a place here. That’s why I sponsored an appropriations amendment to end this silliness,” he said.

The amendment clarified that flags of different U.S. states and possessions may be flown, as well as the prisoner of war remembrance flag.

Tlaib, who is of Palestinian descent, has been vocal in her criticism of Israel, drawing accusations of antisemitism throughout her time in Congress. The Michigan Democrat is a member of the liberal “Squad,” and she boycotted the Israeli president’s joint address to Congress this year. The flag has been on display for most of this Congress and was not erected in response to recent developments.

Following Hamas’s brutal invasion of Israel on Saturday, which saw terrorists kill hundreds of Israeli civilians, Tlaib has faced renewed criticism for her stance on Israel. Her continued practice of flying the Palestinian flag has been decried as insensitive by many.

In a statement shortly after the attacks, Tlaib condemned violence against Israelis and Palestinians, and she called for an end to the Israeli “blockade” of Palestinian territories.

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“I grieve the Palestinian and Israeli lives lost yesterday, today, and every day,” she said in a statement on Sunday. “I am determined as ever to fight for a just future where everyone can live in peace, without fear, and with true freedom, equal rights, and human dignity.”

“The path to that future must include lifting the blockade, ending the occupation, and dismantling the apartheid system that creates the suffocating, dehumanizing conditions that can lead to resistance,” Tlaib continued. “The failure to recognize the violent reality of living under siege, occupation, and apartheid makes no one safer. No person, no child anywhere, should have to suffer or live in fear of violence.”