Rashida Tlaib chanted ‘KKK’ at Republican lawmakers in response to their cheers of ‘USA’ during Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, new footage has revealed.
The far-left Democratic lawmaker’s raucous jeers alongside Ilhan Omar sparked fiery clashes with the President inside the House Chamber on Tuesday night.
A new clip of Tlaib shows her saying, ‘KKK, KKK,’ in an attempt to mock her Republican colleagues who erupted in a chorus of support for the President.
Tlaib’s racially-charged language sparked a furious backlash on Wednesday.
The National Republican Congressional Committee tweeted the clip alongside a simple verdict: ‘Everything you need to know about today’s Democrats. They cannot stand this country, they cannot stand its comeback, and they cannot hide their contempt anymore.’
One X user responded: ‘As a black American, watching Tlaib, a non-black person chant “KKK” is beyond offensive. That word carries generations of terror and pain; it’s not a prop for political theater. This is conduct unbecoming of a Member of Congress. Censure her.’
Another said: ‘In the last week Democrats have provided political ads for the Republicans in the next cycle that would choke a seasoned marketing guy. They write themselves.’
The Daily Mail has contacted Tlaib for comment.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) (R) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MI) shout during U.S. President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday
US President Donald Trump gives remarks before a Joint Session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol Building in Washington DC, on March 4th 2025
Democratic representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib broke out into furious yelling as Trump ripped into Somali fraud in Minnesota
Tlaib and Omar had already reacted furiously when Trump launched an attack on immigrants during his landmark speech, claiming ‘Somali pirates’ had ‘ransacked Minnesota’ after years of lax immigration policy.
The pair began screaming, calling Trump a ‘liar’ and claiming that he had American blood on his hands following the deadly immigration crackdown in the state.
But they were quickly drowned out by the President’s Republican majority who took to their feet and started chanting: ‘USA, USA.’
Trump said: ‘When it comes to the corruption that is plundering America, there has been no more stunning example than Minnesota – where members of the Somali community have pillaged an estimated $19 billion from the American taxpayer.’
The President said the welfare fraud ‘reminds us that there are large parts of the world where bribery, corruption and lawlessness are the norm, not the exception.’
He warned that ‘importing these cultures through unrestricted immigration and open borders brings those problems right here to the USA.’
Cameras panned to a distraught Omar, who is Somali and represents Minneapolis, as Trump tore into the compatriots in her home state who have become the primary targets of his immigration crackdown.
Omar and Tlaib yelled abuse at Trump’s immigration enforcement, which was scaled back earlier this month after federal agents killed two people during the crackdown.
‘You have killed Americans,’ the Democratic pair screeched as the House descended into anarchy.
The President turned his fury on the women, branding them a ‘disgrace’ and telling the pair: ‘You should be ashamed.’
Republican lawmakers took that as an invitation, and their entire side of the House Chamber was quickly on its feet chanting: ‘USA, USA.’
Trump today doubled down on his attacks on the pair, telling them to ‘get on a boat’ and leave the US in a post on Truth Social.
‘When you watch Low IQ Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, as they screamed uncontrollably last night at the very elegant State of the Union, such an important and beautiful event, they had the bulging, bloodshot eyes of crazy people, LUNATICS, mentally deranged and sick who, frankly, look like they should be institutionalized,’ Trump began.
‘When people can behave like that, and knowing that they are Crooked and Corrupt Politicians, so bad for our Country, we should send them back from where they came – as fast as possible,’ he then said.
Omar is an American citizen who immigrated from war-torn Somalia, with Trump bashing the immigrant community in Minneapolis that she represents in Congress last night. Tlaib is Detroit-born, whose parents were Palestinian immigrants. They were the first two Muslim women to be elected to Congress in 2018.
‘They should actually get on a boat with Trump Deranged Robert De Niro, another sick and demented person with, I believe, an extremely Low IQ, who has absolutely no idea what he is doing or saying – some of which is seriously CRIMINAL!’ Trump blasted.
Trump’s speech had been beset by protests before it even got underway.
Texas Democrat Al Green was ejected after brandishing a placard that read: ‘Black people aren’t apes.’
Green’s placard referenced a recent Trump social media post featuring an AI video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as primates.
Trump kept walking as GOP Senators Markwayne Mullin and Roger Marshall moved swiftly to block Green’s sign from view.
The speech came as Trump faces his lowest approval ratings, with the economy and immigration topping voter grievance lists.
Trump’s speech focused on domestic accomplishments from his first year in office, including a ratepayer pledge to keep energy prices down amid soaring costs driven by AI data centers.
The President also touted his TrumpRx initiative to deliver affordable pharmaceuticals to American families.
