Ilhan Omar isn’t naive, she’s prejudiced and bigoted

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The Democrats norming of racism and bigotry must be stopped. Consider their unmitigated gall. For years they have called the most pro-Israel, pro-Jewish President in history “antisemitic,” while the most powerful in their ranks are calling for the genocide of the Jewish state. Such illogical and insane propaganda is only advanced because of America’s radical alt-left media working furiously to scrub, censor and sanitize the hate.

The idea of dual loyalty is laughable. Standing with the only democracy in the region with a shared value system that mirrors America makes good strategic sense. Jihadis and their supporters, on the other hand, have one one loyalty — to Islamic conquest and sharia for all.

Ilhan Omar isn’t naive, she’s prejudiced

No more excuses. We need to confront anti-Semitism head-on.

By Sean Collins, Spiked, March 8, 2019:

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Another week, another anti-Semitic outburst. So it goes for Ilhan Omar, the first-ever Somali-American elected to congress. Can we stop saying she is ‘naïve’, that she has ‘misunderstandings’ about Jewish people, that she is just ‘not educated’ about the role of anti-Semitism in history? Because after her latest remarks over the weekend, it should be clear by now that these vile prejudices are Omar’s deeply held beliefs, and concern an issue (Israel) that is central to her politics.

Omar has been widely celebrated in the media as a diversity path-breaker since her election in November. Along with Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, she is one of the first two Muslim women in congress. As confirmation of her new prominence in popular culture, Omar appears on the cover of the current Rolling Stone, as one of the ‘Women Shaping the Future’, along with the omnipresent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

But, as we’re learning, the hijab-wearing woman laughing on the cover of Rolling Stone holds some pretty nasty views about Jews. Last month, in an interview on CNN, she defended her 2012 tweet that claimed ‘Israel has hypnotised the world’ for its ‘evil doings’, which recalled old anti-Semitic claims about Jews’ supposed occult powers. Under pressure, she apologised.

A few weeks ago, Omar said US elected officials defended Israel for money, tweeting ‘It’s all about the Benjamins’. When asked who exactly funded these politicians, she replied ‘AIPAC’, as in the American Israel Political Action Committee. Here, Omar harkened back to the longstanding anti-Semitic view that Jews conspire to control the world with their money. She wasn’t just questioning AIPAC’s role (as it happens, AIPAC does not donate to political candidates); she was claiming that Jewish money was the only reason (‘it’s all about…’) that US politicians defend Israel. After Nancy Pelosi, leader of the Democrats in the House, criticised Omar for her ‘use of anti-Semitic tropes and prejudicial accusations’, she apologised for a second time.

But, with her latest outpourings over the past week, Omar has revealed her apologies were not sincere. Speaking on a panel at a Washington DC bookstore event, she smiled when an audience member shouted ‘It’s all about the Benjamins’. She went on to explain her earlier remarks: ‘I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is okay to push for allegiance to a foreign country’ – in other words, how American politicians, especially Jewish ones, have an ‘allegiance’ to Israel, not the US. This is a longstanding smear that says Jewish politicians are disloyal and cannot be trusted. As the liberal writer Jonathan Chait says, ‘Omar is directly invoking the hoary myth of dual loyalty, in which the Americanness of Jews is inherently suspect, and their political participation must be contingent upon proving their patriotism’. As it happens, Omar was sharing the platform that night with her fellow Muslim congresswoman, Tlaib, who herself charged Jews with dual loyalty in January, when she said political supporters of Israel ‘forgot what country they represent’.

Ugh, what ugly, low-life arguments. Criticisms came down on Omar again, now from Eliot Engel, the Democrat chair of the house foreign affairs committee that Omar sits on, and from Nita Lowey, a fellow Democrat in congress. This time, however, Omar decided to double down, rather than apologise. In response to Lowey, she tweeted: ‘I should not be expected to have allegiance / pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in congress or serve on committee.’ Again, Omar just can’t hide her true animosity – she truly believes pro-Israel arguments are demands she swear ‘allegiance’ to a foreign country (Israel), rather than the US. This is, of course, nonsense. The real issue is that she accuses pro-Israel Americans of being agents of Israel, not loyal Americans.

Omar is now falling back on the kneejerk defence that it is Islamophobic to criticise Muslims. ‘A lot of our Jewish colleagues, a lot of constituents, a lot of our allies, go to thinking that everything we say about Israel to be anti-Semitic because we are Muslim’, she said the other night, as if her comments sparked no legitimate concerns. In her earlier apology, Omar wrote: ‘I expect people to hear me when others attack me for my identity.’ This is a thinly veiled threat that she will accuse others of being anti-Muslim if they criticise her.

To underline her claim of victimhood, Omar highlighted a poster at a Republican event in West Virginia, that showed her photo in front of the burning World Trade Center buildings on 9/11, with the caption ‘“Never forget” – you said… I am proof you have forgotten’. That poster was wrong and slanderous to associate Omar (and potentially all Muslims in the US) with terrorism. But it was put up by an event exhibitor, not the Republican Party, whose representatives took it down and denounced it. More to the point, the bigotry of a crank in West Virginia does not excuse the bigotry of a congresswoman who is on the cover of Rolling Stone.

Omar and her supporters also say that the accusations of anti-Semitism are really designed to shut up critics of Israel. ‘To me, it’s something that becomes designed to end the debate’, argued Omar, referring to criticisms of her. Of course, Israel’s policies are fair game and should be debated, and there are certainly pro-Israel types who automatically label any disapproval as anti-Semitic. But that is not what is going on with Omar. The mind-controlling ‘hypnotism’ of Jews, their financial hold on US officials, their loyalty to Israel over the US – these slurs are not meant to enhance a serious debate about Israel; they are expressions of prejudice. When her supporters rise to her defence, saying she will not be ‘silenced’, they are apologising for her anti-Semitism.

For those with any knowledge of history, the public airing of comments like Omar’s is alarming. Where do these beliefs come from? You might put it down to her background. Anti-Semitic sentiments are known to prevail in Somali Muslim diaspora communities. Indeed, while most Americans are just learning about Omar, others in her home state of Minnesota have had a problem with her for longer. Omar’s Jewish constituents in her liberal district were so uncomfortable that they, in the words of the local Pioneer Press, ‘fashioned what could be described as an anti-Semitic intervention of Omar’. They sat down with Omar to express their concerns, but it didn’t appear to make an impact. ‘Most of us came out of that conversation very troubled by the answers we received’, said one participant.

Yet I would argue that Omar finds just as much support for her views, if not more, from her progressive friends. Anti-Semitism is homegrown. The sad truth is that many pro-Palestinian activists in the US cross the line and indulge in anti-Semitic arguments. When her defenders say she’s not the only one to criticise the Israel Lobby, they’re right. Far too many subscribe to the conspiratorial worldview that says an all-powerful Jewish lobby exercises a massive influence over the politics of the US. The rise of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement is indicative of how deep the rot goes. BDS demonises Israel as above other states, as uniquely wicked and murderous. And its boycott extends to cultural matters, which targets the Israeli people, not just its elected officials.

Moreover, Omar’s brand of anti-Semitism is entirely in tune with the left’s identity-politics outlook. In the hierarchy of identities, Jews have become a subset of whites with privilege who need to be put in their place. As Frank Furedi explained recently on spiked, ‘Today, identity politics works to devalue the moral status of Jews. At the same time, through its influence in wider culture, it gives a green light to old-school anti-Semites to voice their hitherto self-censored sentiments.’

The increase in anti-Jewish hate attacks, the recent slaughter in Pittsburgh, the rise of BDS, the anti-Semitic views of the Women’s March organisers – it is understandable if American Jews are feeling under siege today. This context makes it even more troubling that a prominent member of congress feels free to dredge up the worst stereotypes about Jewish Americans. That a significant number of people are defending her is even more worrying, and reason for us to speak out against the attempted normalisation of such bigotry. I fear that Omar is ‘shaping the future’, in a dangerous way.

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felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

Omar and the other FEMALE freshmen in D.C. are unloading their hatred of the U.S..
Now she’s going after Obama! She wants open borders, mass immigration and Sharia Law.

Rep. Ilhan Omar slams Barack Obama’s message of ‘hope and change’ as a ‘mirage’
By Liam Quinn’
3/8/19
Rookie Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, fresh off igniting an intra-party uproar with comments widely viewed as anti-Semitic, took a swipe at former President Barack Obama, saying in an explosive interview the 44th president’s message of “hope and change” was a “mirage” and blasting his administration’s drone and border detention policies.

Omar, D-Minn., took aim at the president’s famed slogan, while further criticizing the Democratic Party for “perpetuating the status quo,” in the interview with Politico.

“Recalling the ‘caging of kids’ at the U.S.-Mexico border and the ‘droning of countries around the world’ on Obama’s watch,” Omar charged that Obama “operated within the same fundamentally broken framework as his Republican successor,” the piece reads.

Omar is then quoted as saying: “We can’t be only upset with Trump… His policies are bad, but many of the people who came before him also had really bad policies. They just were more polished than he was.”

“And that’s not what we should be looking for anymore. We don’t want anybody to get away with murder because they are polished. We want to recognize the actual policies that are behind the pretty face and the smile.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-ilhan-omar-slams-barack-obamas-message-of-hope-and-change-as-a-mirage

Laddyboy
Laddyboy
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

0bozo’s “hope and change” was nothing but his WISH of “FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMING” America into ameriKa.
Meaning 0b0z0 wanted a COMMUNISTIC muslem(spelled correctly)/sharia controlled government – “aka” a one world government!!!!!

Suresh
Suresh
5 years ago

And Left/Libs have been bringing jihad right into America.

somali jihadis attack American citizens while police make excuses https://tinyurl.com/ycymp8wv

Its happening in Demonrat run counties/states .
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Ziggy46
Ziggy46
5 years ago

Omar is innately, inherently antisemitic; suckling on the antisemitic doctrine of Jew-Hatred from birth within the unholy Qu’ran.The Democrats, Pelosi and her Nazi counterparts are no better; wake up Americans, the Fascist Democrats will not stop at the vilification of Jews but all whom are not of their bilious loathing, bigotry, debauchery and Fascist disorder.

taxpayer22
taxpayer22
5 years ago

Muslim Ilhan Omar’s comments were intentionally Anti-Semitic. If Israel did not exist, Muslims would still hate & kill Jews.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
5 years ago
Reply to  taxpayer22

Or invent a reasonable facsimile. Haters gotta hate.

Sonia Latuconsina
Sonia Latuconsina
5 years ago
Reply to  taxpayer22

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MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
5 years ago

Would that be the Ayatollah Khomeni’s Green Book, you know, the one that allows for sex w/pre-pubescent wives and sex with animals?
Stop up-voting yourself Koranderthal, you’re not that good…

Warmac9999
Warmac9999
5 years ago

A scorpion stings to kill, so do muslims. The nature of a thing is fundamental to its existence – unless you are a self hating Jew.

wired
wired
5 years ago

The inscriptions on the dome of the rock reveal that Islam does not believe that God is a Father or that He has a Son. That Jesus is not the Son nor did He rise from the dead.

1 John 2:18-23 identifies this as the spirit of antichrist. Read it yourself. If any minister or preacher tells you that Islam is compatible or that it worships the same God they are liars.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

She hates the U.S. and wants to make us a caliphate. Illegals voting will help that along.

House Dems overwhelmingly reject motion to condemn illegal immigrant voting
By Alex Pappas
3/8/19

Nearly every House Democrat on Friday opposed a measure condemning voting in U.S. elections by illegal immigrants, as part of a sweeping election reform bill.

Federal law already prohibits non-citizens from voting in elections for federal office. But the GOP motion referenced how San Francisco is allowing non-citizens, including illegal immigrants, to register to vote in school board elections.

The motion was voted down 228-197. All but six Democrats in the House voted against it.
Just one Republican opposed it.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-vote-against-motion-condemning-illegal-immigrant-voting

santashandler
santashandler
5 years ago

Putting this filthy woman in congress, is beyond shameful. Those who voted for her, hate this country as much as she does. What will it take to stop this.

CreoleGumbo
CreoleGumbo
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

A moratorium on ALL immigration.

CreoleGumbo
CreoleGumbo
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

A moratorium on ALL immigration.

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

What will it take to stop this? The blood of tyrants.

Laddyboy
Laddyboy
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

Here is one way; IF you REFUSE to:
learn English,
learn the customs of America,
assimilate into America,
earn YOUR OWN support,
not SUCK the American TEET.
Then you should have a ONE WAY TICKET OUT OF America!!!!!!!!!

James
James
5 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

Cannot understand how either of them could even qualify to even nominate for Congress,” firstly this moron wasn’t even born here. If they are so supportive of Muslim way of life They should be back in those countries

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
5 years ago

If a man and a woman get married in Mogadishu but get divorced in Minneapolis, are they still brother and sister?

Seamus Me Boy
Seamus Me Boy
5 years ago

That alone should have disqualified her from staying in this country.

CreoleGumbo
CreoleGumbo
5 years ago

So who, or what body of people, is responsible for getting her out of office? No one was willing to get rid of obama. Who will get rid of this vile trifecta?

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  CreoleGumbo

Pelosi and investigations should but the DEMS won’t allow that.

CreoleGumbo
CreoleGumbo
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

The Republicans won’t allow it either. The RINOS (which seems like most of them) did not get rid of Obama and they won’t get rid of these 3 either.

evangeline golding
evangeline golding
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

There are ways to circumvent that. You know what I’m talking about!

John Acord
John Acord
5 years ago

The Commiecrats are scared of Omar. She is a walking breathing terrorist within their ranks. They fear her,and rightly so as she is the face of the Commiecrat party, the new generation determined to oust and replace the sclerotic leadership.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  John Acord

As a freshman and a Muslim terrorist, she will remain on the Foreign Affairs Committee so other
Muslim terrorists know what we are up to. NO freshman should be put on that committee and certainly not a Muslim terrorist.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  John Acord

As a freshman and a Muslim terrorist, she will remain on the Foreign Affairs Committee so other
Muslim terrorists know what we are up to. NO freshman should be put on that committee and certainly not a Muslim terrorist.

Maranatha
Maranatha
5 years ago

Ilhan:
Do you know what the “nonexistent Palestines” got in 2005??.
No?
I knew it…

Maranatha
Maranatha
5 years ago

Ilhan:
Do you know what the “nonexistent Palestines” got in 2005??.
No?
I knew it…

Laddyboy
Laddyboy
5 years ago

‘i.omar’ did not “MISSPOKE”!!!! She is showing the WORLD her DUAL ALLEGIANCE to the TERRORIST ‘hamas’ organization that worships the IDOL worshiping PEDOPHILE, KILLER, RAPIST and WHITE SUPREMACIST ‘mohammad’.

evangeline golding
evangeline golding
5 years ago

They’re all scum. They need to be put back in their boxes, preferably coffins.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
5 years ago

A 6’5″ Syrian Jew built like a sh!t brickhouse once stood up in one of Act for America chapter meetings after listening to the usual propaganda about “moderate” muslums and stated: “the only Arab you can trust is 2 meters underground.” A few people, including me, applauded him.

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago

Huh, imagine if a Jewish politician said similar things about Arabs and Muslims influencing the government, the left would have torn him apart (maybe literally) by now.

fran goldberg
fran goldberg
5 years ago

Ilhan Omar knows exactly what She’s doing, She’s very shrewd and a very big terrorist. People take off your blinders and remember 911. This extremist fanatical will bring many more terrorists into our Country. Be/stay aware! She’s very dangerous and has many contacts..
Fran G

Shelba Herring
Shelba Herring
5 years ago

omar needs to have her citizenship revoked and deported to Somalia where she was born and immigrated to the US, she has done enough to have the citizenship pulled but whoever read her application did not look at the lies she printed

James
James
5 years ago

You can’t educate an IDIOT so the saying goes.

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