Hours after being sworn in as the first Palestinian-American in Congress, Ms Rashida Tlaib made more headlines when she swore - literally, with an expletive - to impeach President Donald Trump.
The comments were not at all out of character for the left-wing lawmaker, who was ejected in 2016 from a Trump campaign event in Detroit after heckling him.
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