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Republicans Are Launching Attacks at Rep. Ilhan Omar (Again)

[Rollingstone] Rep. Ilhan Omar is once again being targeted by Republicans and right-wing media. Once again, the attacks against the Muslim lawmaker are clouded in bad faith. The latest round of outrage comes in light of comments Omar made last month at a Council on American-Islamic Relations event in Los Angeles, where she spoke about the anti-Muslim bigotry spawned by 9/11. Here’s what she said:

"Far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen and frankly, I’m tired of it and every single Muslim in this country should be tired of it. CAIR was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties."

The comments surfaced this week, and Republicans have responded by questioning Omar’s patriotism, accusing her of downplaying 9/11. On Wednesday night, she went on the Late Show to defend herself. "I took an oath to uphold the Constitution," she told Stephen Colbert. "I am as American as everyone else is."

Posted by Besoeker 2019-04-12 03:56|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Let me give you something a (D) once said - "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."

or to paraphrase a SCOTUS opinion - If you don't want to be struck by lightning, don't act like a lightning rod.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-04-12 07:30|| 2019-04-12 07:30|| Front Page Top

#2 "some people did something"

No, Islamists killed 3000+ REAL AMERICANS, bitch. Go marry another brother

Posted by Frank G 2019-04-12 07:43|| 2019-04-12 07:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Why is Ben Rhodes so hellbent on defending Ilhan Omar?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-04-12 07:51|| 2019-04-12 07:51|| Front Page Top

#4 As a few commenters at AoS pointed out yesterday, CAIR was actually founded after the FIRST World Trade Center attack.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2019-04-12 08:25|| 2019-04-12 08:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Look behind Rhodes and you get the real power, and it’s not the narcissist pothead, it’s ValJar, living in the one place in Washington DC where you cannot run a wire tap because the Secret Service protection would detect it. Odd that she lives there isn’t it.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2019-04-12 11:45|| 2019-04-12 11:45|| Front Page Top

#6 "They hit me back!" Omar/OAC
These young kids have no idea what it is like to have their vapid or evil thoughts confronted. Universities have done them a disservice.

Posted by rjschwarz 2019-04-12 11:56|| 2019-04-12 11:56|| Front Page Top

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