out of the country, she has no place spewing her totalitarian antit-Israel
anti-American garbage in the halls of Washington!
Posted on 03/03/2019 6:14:06 PM PST by upchuck
House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY) blasted Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Friday for suggesting that pro-Israel politicians hold “allegiance to a foreign country” and demanded the freshman congresswoman apologize for her “vile anti-Semitic slur.” “I welcome debate in Congress based on the merits of policy, but it’s unacceptable and deeply offensive to call into question the loyalty of fellow American citizens because of their political views, including support for the U.S.-Israel relationship,” Engel said in a statement released Friday evening.
“Her comments were outrageous and deeply hurtful, and I ask that she retract them, apologize, and commit to making her case on policy issues without resorting to attacks that have no place in the Foreign Affairs Committee or the House of Representatives,” the New York Democrat continued.
Speaking Wednesday night at a forum at a Washington, D.C., bookstore with fellow freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), the Omar said she fears everything they say about Israel is construed as anti-Semitic because they’re Muslim. She said that prevents a “broader debate” about Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.
Some Jewish leaders said she then revived an old trope about divided loyalties among Jewish-Americans when she said, “I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is OK for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country.”
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Democrat convention is in Milwaukee? Get the plywood ready.
Get used to it , Elliot. Omar is the new face of your party. How long until you realize Jews are unwelcome among the enlightened forces of Progressive Democrats?
Do I hear the creeky cracky of a party starting to split apart?....
Omar is a reflection of her district. She represents her voters. This is the new Democrat Party.
She makes me want to buy more guns and ammo
If Engel and other Dems aren’t calling for a resignation along with more apologies, they are being as phony as ever.
A bold and courageous move by Engel. But he’s on the wrong side of history. The future of the Democrat party belongs to folks like Omar and Ocasio-Cortez. Engel will soon be as outdated as Truman.
But they love thr Jewish money.
I wonder how much of this the American Jewish community will tolerate?
Gee, it only took about a month for a Jewish Democrat to finally find the courage to speak up against Ms. Omar’s “deeply offensive,” “outrageous,” and “deeply hurtful,” anti-Semitic attacks against his people.
All of it and then some
And nothing will come of it.
They will tolerate ALL of it because they hate you.
Democrats: There’s 9001 genders!
Also Democrats: Let’s let in mass immigration from countries that behead gays!
If he is so brave, why is he still a Democrat?
pffft a good number of American jews have the Dem Party stamped on their foreheads and they hate Israel.
Eliot and his friends are the ones who brought them here.
Live with your mistakes, moron. That’s my advice to him.
Kinda like bringing a scorpion into your room and complaining when it nails you.
out of the country, she has no place spewing her totalitarian antit-Israel
anti-American garbage in the halls of Washington!
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