Rep. Rashida Tlaib will run in newly created Michigan district

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib, known for her anti-Israel tirades and profanity-laced pledge to impeach then-President Donald Trump, is leaving her Detroit-based district to run for a more suburban seat.

The Michigan Democrat announced the shift on Wednesday, part of broader fallout from the state’s new congressional maps. Tlaib, a member of a group of far-left lawmakers known as “the Squad,” will move to the new Detroit-area district that neighbors her current one.

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