Rashida Tlaib Slams 'Disgraceful' Cartoon Showing Her With Exploding Pager

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) has condemned a political cartoon published on the National Review’s website that shows a pager exploding on her desk.

“This racism will incite more hate + violence against our Arab & Muslim communities, and it makes everyone less safe,” the Palestinian American congresswoman wrote Friday on X. “It’s disgraceful that the media continues to normalize this racism.”

The image, featured as one of the “Cartoons of the Day” on the conservative magazine’s website on Thursday, shows Tlaib sitting at her desk looking at a puff of smoke and a burnt-out electronic device. A thought bubble reads, “Odd. My pager just exploded.”

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The cartoonist is credited to Henry Payne, an auto columnist for The Detroit News. Payne did not immediately reply to a request for comment from HuffPost. The Detroit News told