In Yet Another Great Gift to President Trump, Ilhan and Rashida Go to Israel

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Thelma and Louise Go to Israel

Prepare for a bumpy ride. Tlaib and Omar are in the Democratic Party driver’s seat.

By William McGurn, Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2019:

The Democratic Party’s Thelma and Louise—Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar—are taking their act to Israel. In a great gift to Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going to let them in.

In Hollywood’s feminist buddy flick, Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon hit the road in a 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible. They make bad choice after bad choice, defying authority and turning the tables on men who abuse or annoy them. They thoroughly enjoy every minute.

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In the real-life Beltway version, the Michigander (Ms. Tlaib) and the Minnesotan (Ms. Omar) constitute half of “The Squad”—the four female House progressives who are defying the convention that freshman members of Congress are to be seen and not heard. Ms. Tlaib is the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress and speaks often of her grandmother in the West Bank. She has endorsed a “one state” solution under which Israel would cease to exist.

Ms. Omar came to America after fleeing Somalia. Her election marked several congressional firsts: the first Somali-American, the first naturalized citizen from Africa, the first nonwhite woman from Minnesota, and one of the first two Muslim women (along with Ms. Tlaib).

Part of their notoriety comes from their willingness to match President Trump’s outrages and raise them. More comes from their willingness to clap back at their own leaders, even if that means accusing Speaker Nancy Pelosi of racism. They remain largely unrepentant—and energized.

It’s giving their party leaders fits, especially on Israel. Months ago Ms. Omar played to an ugly trope when she tweeted that American politicians’ support for Israel was “all about the Benjamins, baby.” When Mrs. Pelosi responded with a resolution flatly condemning anti-Semitism, she discovered it would split her party. So it was watered down to the point where Ms. Omar and Ms. Tlaib themselves voted aye.

Democrats had hoped a mutual condemnation of Mr. Trump would restore party harmony. But no sooner had the House formally condemned the president for racism than Ms. Omar reached into her inner Louise and introduced a resolution supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement aimed at harming the Israeli economy and making the Jewish state an international pariah.

The bill, co-sponsored by Ms. Tlaib and Georgia’s Rep. John Lewis, is clever. It doesn’t specifically mention Israel, the Palestinians or even BDS. It just affirms the right to boycott, and invokes boycotts against Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and apartheid South Africa as moral inspiration.

But the parallel is obvious: Boycotting Israel is like boycotting Nazis. The BDS movement tweeted that it “warmly welcomes” the bill. Ms. Omar herself says her bill is an opportunity to talk about the BDS movement.

The bill isn’t going anywhere in Mrs. Pelosi’s House, but it puts the speaker in a pickle. In a May speech before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Mrs. Pelosi cited BDS as an example of “bigoted or dangerous ideologies masquerading as policy.” But other Democrats are increasingly timid about saying the same.

In February, the Senate passed an anti-BDS measure. Of the seven Senators running for the Democratic nomination for president, only Michael Bennet and Amy Klobuchar voted for it. Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren each voted against it.

At their 2012 convention, after Democrats removed platform language recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Barack Obama personally intervened to have it restored. When convention manager Antonio Villaraigosa put it to a vote on the convention floor, it was booed—but he ruled it carried anyway. Today there is no one with the stature of Mr. Obama to hush Reps. Omar and Tlaib. Their trip to Israel will give them a global stage that practically guarantees incendiary language on the “occupation,” questions at the presidential debates Democratic candidates would rather duck, maybe even a divisive convention fight.

How far all this is from March 2018, when Conor Lamb, a former Marine, won a special election for a Republican House district in Pennsylvania by eschewing attacks on President Trump and presenting a moderate Democratic face. When Democrats took the House majority by flipping more than two dozen seats in districts Mr. Trump had carried, the received wisdom was that Democrats had learned their lesson and Mrs. Pelosi was firmly in charge. This seemed confirmed in January when Mrs. Pelosi was elected speaker even as many expected her to step down.

The Squad is now in the driver’s seat of the Democratic debate. They are not letting go of the wheel even it means, à la Thelma and Louise, taking the whole car over a cliff.

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romain reuter
romain reuter
4 years ago

Those 2 bitches are up to no good in Israel.
Israel should do herself a favor and keep these two nutcases out of the country!

Liatris Spicata
Liatris Spicata
4 years ago
Reply to  romain reuter

Here is a reasoned point of view that arrives at the oppositive conclusion to yours:

https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Dont-bar-Omar-596284

Not saying these two “nutcases” are good candidates, but I do regard it as possible that at least Omar could allow herself to be educated a bit- she would not be the first to change her view of “apartheid Israel” after actually seeing the country.

From the editorial cited above:

By denying Omar entry, Israel will be giving her a status of prominence that she does not deserve. Hopefully, she is a passing phenomenon, but even if she is not Israel should not play into her hands by preventing her from entering the Jewish state.

First, Israel has nothing to hide. Omar will attack Israel in the media and on Twitter whether she is allowed in or not. While unlikely, letting her come and see the country and its unique and diverse people might even have an impact on her and lead her to understand that her analysis and interpretation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has not always been on the money (pun intended).

Like all American citizens and elected officials, Omar has the right to express her opinion. But as a legislator and representative of the American people and government, she should be aware about the consequences of her actions and statements.

Coming to Israel will not turn her overnight into a sudden lover of Israel or the Jewish people. That is why when here, she should meet with government officials and be taken – like other congressmen who come on official delegations – to Yad Vashem, the Western Wall and places like Hand-in-Hand, the bilingual Arab-Jewish school in Jerusalem. She should go to Tel Aviv and see the vibrancy of what the Jewish state has to offer. She should go to the Knesset and meet with the Arab, Jewish and Druze members of Knesset.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago

LOL, yeah she’ll become a supporter of the free state of Israel — just like allah those other f’ing muslums are… Put down the crack pipe worm…

Dennis
Dennis
4 years ago

Despite the vitriol that preceded my reply, Your commentary was right on the money (not to use a pun). Though they Omar and Tlaib should be shown the prosperous state of Israel, and anything that can be shown that establishes that Israel is not an apartheid state, but is a free democracy for all its citizens, I believe that their mind and her colleagues mind have been poisoned to the point that they can not actually see. They will not see the propriety of the Arab world recognizing that they should try to emulate Israel, and turn away from the despotism and poverty that is a direct consequence of the belief system that is Islam. They will come back and continue the nonsense that they are famous for, putting down everything and anything that is related to anything Jewish. Their minds are permanently poisoned, and I do expect that they are incapable of recovering their sanity.

TD
TD
4 years ago
Reply to  romain reuter

Hamas supporters. the new definition of a good immigrant.
Even the late night comedians make them look normal.

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
4 years ago

Let those two feel some terror mi

SoftwareBabeOHIO
SoftwareBabeOHIO
4 years ago

The 4 in The Squad are so entertaining as they take the Democrat Party further and further into unrighteous and evil territory. And, it will be their UNDOING as they further alienate their own constituents because of their blathering and nasty rhetoric against anyone who disagrees with them and especially, our ally, Israel.

The two ‘blatherers’ will be warmly welcomed in Israel, BUT when they open their mouths and the Israelis hear what comes out of them, they will learn a very valuable lesson soon enough as these 2 Dems drive themselves right over that cliff to never return to coherency.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A REAL TREAT AS I WATCH THEM BURN…………..their hatred will grow stronger after they are rejected by the majority of Israelis……………….and their own constituents.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
4 years ago

The Israelis know what comes out of their mouths…they know exactly who they are…they should have denied them entry and let them go there through Iran or somewhere else….it would show how hateful they are.
On the other hand…these two devils will not be able to control themselves standing on Israel land….they will have to open their mouths and condemn themselves….that will be worth it’s weight in gold come election time.

Bkhuna
Bkhuna
4 years ago

Hey Mossad…. if you’re listening. Hint, hint.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
4 years ago
Reply to  Bkhuna

…I was thinking it…but you said it. Surprised BB didn’t “monitor” you.

Phil McDonald
Phil McDonald
4 years ago

I wish them all the best in visiting their Hamas constituents.

Mohammed_Goldberg
Mohammed_Goldberg
4 years ago

Mossad will be waiting for them. They will be watched very closely.

delilahdriver
delilahdriver
4 years ago

Oh yes. They will be watched.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
4 years ago
Reply to  delilahdriver

I wish BB had denied them entry. Then they would have gone to the Palestinians to get entrance…what great op-positional campaign photos that would have made.

Halal Bacon
Halal Bacon
4 years ago

just wait till the squad synchronizes their periods – I’mma buy some Orville Redenbacher stocks

Jeremy
Jeremy
4 years ago

So they’re going back home, in a sense.

wpjokari
wpjokari
4 years ago

“à la Thelma and Louise, taking the whole car over a cliff.”
OT: oregon had a lesbian couple that took their van full of foster kids off a cliff in CA, that movie was prolly the inspiration..

John Acord
John Acord
4 years ago

Let’s hope Hamas gets lucky with one of those missiles.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
4 years ago

We can blame Paul Ryan for the loss of those Republican seats….he refused to give them campaign money from the Republican coffers…..He’s actually working for the Koch Brothers and the Mercers….and no doubt Sore-arse.

And I’m confused. Why didn’t BB deny these Stitchen Witches a visa into Israel? We would have cheered him. Hopefully, there is a reason for letting them come.

Just Saying
Just Saying
4 years ago
Reply to  ladywarrior

“Keep your friends close…keep your enemies closer.”

glenda lafont
glenda lafont
4 years ago

They should be going to see world war II concentration camps instead of
going to Israel. I would not let them in.

2 parrots and a dog
2 parrots and a dog
4 years ago

I am angry that Israel is allowing them into their country.

PHHT
PHHT
4 years ago

Thelma & Louise go to Israel is a perfect soon to be released parody…..I HOPE. Call in Carpe Donktum to work his genius.

Demorroids
Demorroids
4 years ago

How did the terrorists get a visa?

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