Tlaib says she held Omar's hand during 'triggering' moments at Trump's State of the Union speech

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) revealed that she held Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) hand during President Trump’s State of the Union address this week during “triggering” moments so that the freshmen lawmakers could support each other before walking out of the speech. 

“It was a huge struggle for me because I don't think people realize it's worse when you're actually there,” Tlaib said Friday during a panel discussion, Fox News reported.

Tlaib and Omar were joined by their fellow members of “the squad,” Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), at the Friday event, according to The Rising Majority, the coalition that hosted the event.

“There was moments of triggering and I kept holding your hand and we intentionally sat next to each other to support each other,” she continued.

 

As far as I can tell this is not a windup, it is real.

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

These sort of charades really have no effect at all anymore.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

I can't even remember which on of these women is cheating on her brother/husband by holding a woman's hand.

[Ban Hammer 13,554]

i always thought those two were lebanese.

[laylalex 7,300]

So I'm sort of like... who cares? It was a stressful moment -- they were about to make a statement by walking out of the SOTU -- and both wanted to feel connected to another, sympathetic human. I've reached for the hand of friends in trying times, when I've had to say or hear something difficult. 

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7 hours ago, laylalex said:

So I'm sort of like... who cares? It was a stressful moment -- they were about to make a statement by walking out of the SOTU -- and both wanted to feel connected to another, sympathetic human. I've reached for the hand of friends in trying times, when I've had to say or hear something difficult. 

if hearing the orange man talk is stressful for them, they should hope they never find themselves in a war zone. 

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10 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

i always thought those two were lebanese.

I see what you did there...