'Squad' Democrat rejects 'false narrative' of joy at Harris convention

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) accused her own party of presenting a “false narrative” of Democratic optimism amid a fight over the war in Gaza that has roiled the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

The tension comes as the Uncommitted National Movement, a pro-Palestinian group that emerged during the Democratic primaries to vote against candidates unless they backed a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas, has requested a speaking slot at the four-day convention — a request it claims has been denied by the Democratic National Committee. Tlaib decried the decision not to allow a pro-Palestinian speaker to take the stage on the pretext it would disrupt the party’s picture of unity it wants to present to voters.