Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) admonished Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on the House floor in a scathing rebuke, accusing her of supporting terrorism.

Reacting to a proposal she had introduced that would block U.S. forces from entering Lebanon, he said that Hezbollah terrorists are “butchers that you like to hang out with to a certain extent,” addressing her directly.

When she protested, saying his words constituted a personal attack, he added, “You advocate for terrorists on a daily basis,” leading to a shouting match between the two representatives.

Tlaib has repeatedly drawn fire for controversial actions related to appearances with terrorist-linked entities.

In 2024 and 2025, Tlaib delivered talks at the “People’s Conference for Palestine” that featured speakers with ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a designated terrorist organization. As a consequence, the House introduced a resolution to censure her for “celebrating terrorism.”

The Michigan representative was also censured in November 2023 for promoting false narratives about the Israel-Gaza conflict and for using the slogan “from the river to the sea,” which many see as a call for the genocide of the Jewish people in Israel.

Watchdog groups have accused Tlaib of hiring staffers with past ties to Hamas-linked groups and of defending charities that were charged with funneling money to terror groups.

Miller, who is Jewish, has shown himself to be an outspoken advocate for the State of Israel as well as a fierce campaigner against antisemitism. He is a member of the Congressional Jewish Caucus and frequently participates in Jewish community events.

The Ohio congressman has been subjected to death threats and survived a road-rage encounter in which a pro-Hamas agitator held him up and threatened him, while shouting slurs and waving a Palestinian flag. The perpetrator was later arrested and charged with ethnic intimidation.

Tlaib asked that Miller’s comments be removed, and in the end, his comments were stricken.