Ilhan Omar
And other Democrats refuse to rebuke her, or indeed speak against her in any way. The opposite, they're rallying around her. This is very painful for me.
And I don't want to hear any garbage about how she's just criticizing Israeli policy or whatever. She said, in sum and substance, (1) that Israel “hypnotizes the world”; (2) that American support for Israel was about Jewish-American money; and (3) that supporters of Israel have dual loyalty to Israel.
Those are all anti-Semitic tropes having nothing whatsoever to do with Israeli policy.
The Democrats, the supposed champion of oppressed minorities, have decided not to stand with Jews.
What's really sad is that Somali Muslims from her district are unhappy with this behavior. They are saying that they have been discriminated against, and the local Jewish community has stood with them, so why is she attacking Jews? But Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have decided that her behavior is to be tolerated.
And other Democrats refuse to rebuke her, or indeed speak against her in any way. The opposite, they're rallying around her. This is very painful for me.
And I don't want to hear any garbage about how she's just criticizing Israeli policy or whatever. She said, in sum and substance, (1) that Israel “hypnotizes the world”; (2) that American support for Israel was about Jewish-American money; and (3) that supporters of Israel have dual loyalty to Israel.
Those are all anti-Semitic tropes having nothing whatsoever to do with Israeli policy.
The Democrats, the supposed champion of oppressed minorities, have decided not to stand with Jews.
What's really sad is that Somali Muslims from her district are unhappy with this behavior. They are saying that they have been discriminated against, and the local Jewish community has stood with them, so why is she attacking Jews? But Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have decided that her behavior is to be tolerated.
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