U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib expressed concern Sunday that President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for Secretary of State might try to silence her criticism of Israeli government policy. Biden tapped longtime diplomat Tony Blinken for the role.

“Just make sure he doesn’t try to silence me and suppress my First Amendment right to speak out against Netanyahu’s racist and inhumane policies,” Tlaib wrote on Twitter, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Tlaib wrote a similar message immediately after. Both were in reply to progressive leaders who had praised the selection of Blinken. Her concerns come days after the State Department announced that it had determined the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement targeting Israel was antisemitic and that it would end funding to organizations that support BDS.

Read more at Forward.