Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) on Thursday appeared to blame the Jersey City shooting on “white supremacy” even though the attackers have been identified as members of an extremist “anti-white and anti-Semitic” movement, The New York Post reported.

The Muslim congresswoman retweeted on her personal account a photo of one of the victims of Tuesday’s shooting, 24-year-old Moshe Deutsch, with the caption: “This is heartbreaking. White Supremacy Kills.”

Twitter users were quick to call out Tlaib before she deleted the tweet.


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