House floor erupts after lawmaker accuses Tlaib of Hezbollah ties

The House floor turned chaotic on Wednesday after Rep. Max Miller, a Republican from Ohio, accused Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan of having ties to Hezbollah during debate over a Lebanon war powers resolution. The dispute came as Tlaib pushed a measure that would require President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Lebanon. Republicans opposed the resolution, arguing it could weaken U.S. efforts in the country and help Hezbollah, the Iranbacked militant group designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. After the remarks, Tlaib objected and said the comment attacked her character. The presiding chair struck Miller’s words from the record, and he was barred from speaking for the rest of the day. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast later defended Miller’s statement and tried to enter related materials into the record, but Tlaib objected. The resolution is expected to face bipartisan resistance.