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The Squad goes to war with Nancy over Ilhan Omar: Rashida Tlaib says 'freedom of speech doesn't exist for Muslim women in Congress' after Pelosi urged Rep. to 'clarify' comments comparing US and Israel to terrorists

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

Rep. Rashida Tlaib blasted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leadership for a statement they put out Thursday about Rep. Ilhan Omar

'Freedom of speech doesn't exist for Muslim women in Congress. The benefit of the doubt doesn't exist for Muslim women in Congress,' Tlaib tweeted

Pelosi and top Democrats said Omar was fomenting 'prejudice' by drawing false equivalence between democracies like Israel and terrorist groups like Hamas

Omar accused her critics within the Democratic Party of whipping up 'Islamic hate against her'

Beyond support from her fellow 'Squad' member, the Congressional Progressive Caucus also came out in defense of Omar

'We cannot ignore a right-wing media echo chamber that has deliberately and routinely attacked a Black, Muslim woman in Congress,' a statement said

Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 Forget Afghanistan. The real tribal war is in DC.

Posted by Dron66046 2021-06-12 04:28|| 2021-06-12 04:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Its not likely any of the squad member will walk across the aisle, but it will only take about 10 'old school' pols to do so and Nancy is out of a job.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-06-12 06:27|| 2021-06-12 06:27|| Front Page Top

#3 #1 Yeah, and I'm paying for both of them.

Posted by Matt 2021-06-12 07:36|| 2021-06-12 07:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Ref #1: "Nothing personal, it's just business."

Posted by Besoeker 2021-06-12 07:46|| 2021-06-12 07:46|| Front Page Top

#5 I say, put her over there in the corner with Maxine Waters and just ignore her. Otherwise, you're just playing her game.

Posted by Bobby 2021-06-12 07:56|| 2021-06-12 07:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Hamas, USA.

Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-06-12 09:56|| 2021-06-12 09:56|| Front Page Top

#7 Freedom of speech doesn't exist? These broads can't shut the fuck up.

Posted by Raj 2021-06-12 12:46|| 2021-06-12 12:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Is she or Omar under arrest for their speech? No? Then STFU.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2021-06-12 12:50|| 2021-06-12 12:50|| Front Page Top

#9 I think we should import Europeans and move the squads supporters out of their of their districts to expand our settlements.

Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-06-12 13:59|| 2021-06-12 13:59|| Front Page Top

#10 Back in the day, the solution to bad ideas was exposure in "the marketplace of ideas." Not entirely perfect. Nazism and Communism killed a couple hundred million before it was generally - but no where near widely enough - agreed they were bad ideas. Now, most of the worst ideas are politically protected and discussion is verboten. That's going to have to change. Probably in an unsettling way.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-06-12 14:27|| 2021-06-12 14:27|| Front Page Top

#11 Self-segregation's the best / least bloody and still viable option.

Self-segregation now. Self-segregation forever.

Posted by Clereck Bonaparte8639 2021-06-12 14:34|| 2021-06-12 14:34|| Front Page Top

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