Rashida Tlaib and 'Squad'-linked committees pushed large sums to anti-Israel activist's consulting firm
Unbought Power LLC received nearly $270K from the committees during the 2022 election cycle
FIRST ON FOX: Two committees associated with Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib and
another "Squad"-linked committee transferred hundreds of thousands of
dollars to a firm run by an anti-Israel activist over the past two
years, filings show.
The progressive entities
combined to push nearly $270,000 to Unbought Power, LLC, a Florida-based
consulting and advocacy firm owned and operated by Rasha Mubarak, a
community and political activist who has openly expressed anti-Israel
viewpoints several times on social media platforms.
Many Squad
members themselves have come under fire in the past over controversial
remarks deemed antisemitic. Late last year, Democratic Florida Rep.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz set her sights on Tlaib after she claimed
individuals couldn't be progressive if they support Israel. Democratic
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar has repeatedly been in hot water over her
Israel-related comments.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib's committees have dished out $223,000 to a consulting firm owned by an anti-Israel activist. (Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
The Squad-linked money flowed
to Mubarak's firm this past election cycle. Tlaib's campaign paid
Unbought Power $179,000 for fundraising services in 2021 and 2022. At
the same time, her leadership PAC, Rooted in Community Leadership, added
$44,000 in payments, a Fox News Digital review of Federal Election
Commission (FEC) filings found. Mubarak, meanwhile, also serves as
treasurer of Tlaib's leadership PAC, according to its records.
The
Squad Victory Fund, a joint fundraiser that props up the campaigns and
leadership committees of the far-left Squad members, including Tlaib,
Omar, and Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
also wired several payments to the company. The fund added Unbought
Power to its payroll last summer and paid $44,000 to Mubarak's firm for
fundraising help for the remainder of the year, their filings show.
Tlaib's
two committees and the Squad Victory Fund were the only federal
entities to pay Mubarak's consulting company, according to a search of
the FEC database. They did not respond to a Fox News Digital request for
comment.
Mubarak has a history of bashing Israel, and she's taken to Twitter
numerous times to hit what she calls its "state-sanctioned violence,"
according to tweets previously reviewed by Fox News Digital before she
made her account private following a media inquiry.
"These aren't
clashes— it's an ongoing occupation," the Palestinian activist tweeted
in May 2021. "These aren't evictions— they are forced expulsions. This
isn't a conflict— it's settler colonialism, it's ethnic cleansing, it's
oppression, it's apartheid."
"Say it loud. Say it clear. Palestine will be FREE," she added.
Mubarak
also attacked Jewish Florida Democratic Rep. Ted Deutch in September
2021 after he had pushed back against Tlaib when she labeled Israel an
apartheid state.
"Oh look it's [Deutch] throwing another
tantrum," Mubarak tweeted. "He used his time to attack [Tlaib] for
underscoring facts also made by Human Rights Watch [and B'Tselem] --
Israel is indeed an apartheid state."
"He's flustered [because] how else does one rebuttal the truth?" she added. "Bullying [and] disparagement."
Mubarak did not respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment.
Mubarak
is not the only anti-Israel activist with ties to Tlaib's campaign.
Maher Abdel Qader, a Palestinian activist with a history of antisemitic
social media posts, has also been linked to her committee.
Abdel Qader previously shared a video that called Jews "satanic" and
questioned whether 6 million had died in the Holocaust. He's also
participated in several fundraising events with Tlaib over the years.
Abdel Qader has been a key Tlaib fundraiser and donor and
acted as the chairman of her finance committee during her 2018
campaign. As a token of appreciation, Tlaib presented Abdel Qader with a
medal in April 2018.
Fox News Digital's Cameron Cawthorne contributed to this report.
Joe
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