Posted on 04/13/2019 10:08:09 AM PDT by Kaslin
On Friday night, Democratic Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez illuminated her relative lack of knowledge regarding world history once again by invoking the Holocaust in her defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar from what she says is an "explicit attack" from President Donald J. Trump. The commander-in-chief shared a video yesterday evening reminding Rep. Omar and her allies about the tragedy that occurred on 9/11 resulting in nearly 3,000 dead Americans. Rep. Omar has previously diminished the terror attack by Al-Qaeda as "some people" doing "something," which was included in the video. Conservative commentators and pundits across Twitter reminded Rep. Ocasio-Cortez her criticism of President Trump fell short on a number of reasons.
"Members of Congress have a duty to respond to the President’s explicit attack today.@IlhanMN’s life is in danger. For our colleagues to be silent is to be complicit in the outright, dangerous targeting of a member of Congress," Rep. Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
Her tweet went on to say, "We must speak out," and included a photo the famous poem by German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller about the Holocaust and how dictator Adolf Hitler and Nazi targeted individual groups, eliminating them one by one. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez tagged the Holocaust Memorial Museum in her tweet as well.
Members of Congress have a duty to respond to the President’s explicit attack today.@IlhanMN’s life is in danger. For our colleagues to be silent is to be complicit in the outright, dangerous targeting of a member of Congress.
We must speak out.
“First they came...” pic.twitter.com/ygOX1vhE9j— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 12, 2019
Young America's Foundation speaker and Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro pointed out it is both dumb to assert "speech is violence," while also defending a noted anti-semite like Rep. Omar by referencing the Holocaust.
And there’s something deeply disturbing about AOC making Holocaust references to defend an open and unrepentant anti-Semite who is merely being criticized— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 13, 2019
Erik Erikson commented that if simple criticism, pretty commonplace in American politics, is now tantamount to calling for violence, then the media is surely in need of a restraining order.
If criticizing an elected official is now incitement to violence, Donald Trump should get a permanent restraining order against the media.— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) April 13, 2019
The Federalist's David Harsanyi said that Rep. Ocasio-Cortez managed to "belittle both the real victims of 9/11 and the Holocaust.
This is just a shameful attempt to chill speech. It belittles both the real victims of 9/11 and the Holocaust. https://t.co/RHkjQShk0c— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) April 13, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders also condemned President Trump for his tweet.
Sen. Warren said, "The President is inciting violence against a sitting Congresswoman—and an entire group of Americans based on their religion. It's disgusting. It's shameful. And any elected leader who refuses to condemn it shares responsibility for it."
While Sen. Sanders added, "Ilhan Omar is a leader with strength and courage. She won't back down to Trump's racism and hate, and neither will we. The disgusting and dangerous attacks against her must end."
Here's the video. It features Rep. Omar's words in comparison to what actually happened.
WE WILL NEVER FORGET! pic.twitter.com/VxrGFRFeJM— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2019
Doing women proud isn’t she...
yes, its like totally exactly the same
Where is Guy Fawkes when we need him?
Occasional-Kotex has a long history of comparing things to the holocaust. What bizarre fascination does she have with genocide that “the holocaust” is her measuring stick?
Democrats are just horrible — they keep demonstrating it.
All they know how to talk about and seemingly accuse... Jews, racist, really getting old...
if we did the same only used islam/muslim... ???
It’s ever bit as obsessed as “The Center for Science in the Public Interest” is with comparing any food item Theo “An artery clogging Big Mac”
Or is that just a whole lotta oogly?
When someone is being stupid let them be. AOC is the “crown jewel” of the Democrats today. They’re imploding so fast they don’t even know how to react anymore.
Those three, Cortez, Tliab, and Omar truly are pieces of sh*t aren’t they..just plain evil, never imagined that after 9/11 there would be people bending over and kissing Muslim ass, after what they did to us, after what one of them did to that little boy in Omar’s own district yesterday, absolutely DESPICABLE
you mean she iddn’t compare him to ebola? Hunta virus? Black plague? Come on occasio sane- your slipping- where’s the hysterical hyperventilating you are known for? Just hitler? That’s so last year!
I pray these loons stay in the focal point of media attention, they are a real asset to the cause of Conservatism.
Oh, God. I don’t know if we’re headed for CW2 or not. A lot of people say we are. But IF it happens and we’re lucky enough to win, we’ve GOT to get these creeps out of the country afterwards. Boot them out. Period. To leave them here is just asking for another one down the road.
AOC has now proven beyond any doubt that she is mentally unstable and is a true lover/supporter of Muslim Terrorists. She is a danger. Not only to herself with her delusions of grandeur, but also to the American Citizen and our Republic. A complete Anti-American and Anti-Semite!!!!!
Yet this is the primordial fear that liberals have. They know that their attitudes, comments and policies have an underpinning of hate and contempt for America and its people especially white Christians. They fear that eventually the righteous people will rise up against them, hold them accountable and will deal with them in a definitive manner. Cortez takes sick pleasure in taunting and insulting Americans,but at her core she is very much afraid.
Yet this is the primordial fear that liberals have. They know that their attitudes, comments and policies have an underpinning of hate and contempt for America and its people especially white Christians. They fear that eventually the righteous people will rise up against them, hold them accountable and will deal with them in a definitive manner. Cortez takes sick pleasure in taunting and insulting Americans,but at her core she is very much afraid.
Appalling.
on the one hand she adores and supports anti-semitism and anti-semitics, who all fawn over hitler- while on the other hand she calls everyone hitler?
These people are so infused with evil that they can’t even recognize their errors- It’s like she’s skitzo- by supporting anti-semites, she’s showing the same sick agenda driven hatred that hitler did, while on the other hand she’s calling people hitler- Which is it occassio- is hitler bad or good on your mind? You’re so blinded by your hatred of republicans you can’t even get your story straight- rage does not become you- it makes you ugly-
I don’t advocate for kinetic action, but I would far, far prefer it than falling into the abyss without the ability to defend our country. The KEY pre-CW2 battle will be in the attempt and attitudes of rural state law enforcement members to enforce a potential congressionally-passed anti-2A confications of firearms, and if they cede to federal or even international law enforcement to carry out the confiscations.
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