Rashida Tlaib

**Rashida Tlaib** (born July 24, 1976) is an American politician and attorney who has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan since 2019. She is a Democratic former member of the Michigan House of Representatives. She represented the 6th District.

Tlaib became the first Muslim American woman to serve in the Michigan Legislature, and the second Muslim woman in history to be elected to any U.S. state legislature.

## Early life and education

Rashida Harbi was born in Detroit, Michigan on July 24, 1976. Her parents were Palestinian immigrants. Tlaib helped raise her 14 siblings while her parents worked.

Tlaib received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Wayne State University in 1998 and her Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2004. Tlaib became a lawyer in 2007.

## U.S. House of Representatives

In 2018, Tlaib won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives seat from Michigan's 13th congressional district. She was unopposed in the general election and became the first Muslim woman in Congress and the first Palestinian-American woman in Congress.

She is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

According to Aktualita.co: "(S)he is the first Palestinian-born congressman in the United States legislature"

Tlaib supported the efforts to impeach President Donald Trump. In August 2016, she protested a speech Trump gave at Cobo Center and was removed from the scene. On her first day in Congress, she argued that it was not necessary to wait for Special Counsel Robert Mueller to complete his criminal investigation before continuing with impeachment. Later that day, Tlaib spoke at a reception for the MoveOn campaign, where she said "impeach the motherfucker". President Trump said her comments were "highly disrespectful to the United States of America".

Tlaib is a member of "The Squad" along with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley. In 2020, she endorsed Bernie Sanders for President.

## Personal life

In 1998, at the age of 22, Tlaib married Fayez Tlaib. They have two sons. The couple have since divorced. In 2018, a campaign spokesperson called Tlaib a single mother.

## Other websites

- Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib official U.S. House website
- Campaign website

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Rashida Tlaib
- **image**: Tlaib Rashida 119th Congress.jpg
- **office**: Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Michigan
- **term start**: January 3, 2019
- **predecessor**: Brenda Jones (politician), Brenda Jones
- **office1**: Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- **term start1**: January 1, 2009
- **term end1**: December 31, 2014
- **predecessor1**: Steve Tobocman
- **successor1**: Stephanie Chang
- **constituency1**: Michigan's 12th House of Representatives district, 12th district (2009–2012)
Michigan's 6th House of Representatives district, 6th district (2013–2014)
- **birth name**: Rashida Harbi
- **birth place**: Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- **party**: Democratic Party (United States), Democratic
- **children**: 2
- **education**: Wayne State University (Bachelor of Arts, BA)
Thomas M. Cooley Law School (Juris Doctor, JD)
- **signature**: Firma de Rashida Tlaib.svg
- **otherparty**: Democratic Socialists of America