WASHINGTON – A Florida City Commissioner is under fire after calling representative Rashida Tlaib, who has marked history as one of the first Muslim members of Congress , a "danger" that could "blow up" the Capitol.

The comments were made by Annabelle Lima-Taub, Commissioner of the Town Hallandale Beach, South Florida, following Tlaib, claiming that she wanted to "attack this guy —- ", referring to President Donald Trump.

Lima-Taub signed an online petition to remove Tlaib from office and wrote a message about Tlaib on his personal Facebook page, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

"Proudly signed", writes Lima-Taub, according to a screenshot of the message. "A Hamas-loving anti-Semite has NO room in the government – it is a danger and would not let him pass to become a martyr and blow up Capitol Hill."

The aftermath of his comments were almost immediate. His fellow commissioners denounced the remarks and CAIR, the Council for American-Islamic Relations, asked him to resign.

"Politicians must not subscribe to any xenophobic stereotypes," CAIR-Florida communications director Wilfredo Ruiz said in a statement to HuffPost. "His non-American xenophobic statements establish that she is unfit to hold the position of commissioner.It must excuse her immediately and respond to this apology with her resignation."

Tlaib's comments about the president were not welcomed by his fellow Democrats and Trump. responded by saying that she "dishonored her family" by using blasphemies by calling for her dismissal.

"I thought his comments were shameful," said Trump. "It's a person I do not know, I guess it's new. I think she's dishonored herself and I think she's dishonored herself." By using language like this in front of her son and those who were there, I thought it was a C & # 39; s a big disgrace to her and her family. "

Tlaib is became the first US-Palestinian woman and one of the first two Muslim women, with Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, to sit in Congress. She apologized saying that she was not sorry to have made comments about Trump but for the "distraction" that they caused, adding that She "will never apologize for being myself and being passionate and upset".

"I understand that I am a member of Congress and I do not want anything that I do or say distract us, and that's the only thing I'm sorry for – c & d Is a distraction, "Tlaib told reporters as a result of his comments. She also called this a "learning moment".

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