Posted on 01/16/2020 9:10:48 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Eighty-six percent of Democrats consider President Donald Trump "racist," according to a July 2019 Quinnipiac poll. By contrast, 91% of Republicans do not consider him "racist." Perhaps more disturbing, a November 2018 online Axios poll by SurveyMonkey found that a whopping 61% of Democrats believe Republicans are "racist/bigoted/sexist." A comparatively small 31% of Republicans feel the same way about Democrats.
For a party that considers Republicans racist/bigoted/sexist, how do Democrats somehow, someway manage to tolerate, if not embrace, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn? For a congressional first-termer, her list of cringeworthy, insulting and anti-Semitic remarks is impressive.
Omar's latest occurred shortly after Trump authorized the drone strike that killed the Iranian terrorist leader Qassem Soleimani. Flanked by other Democratic House members, Omar said she felt "ill" because "of everything that is taking place," adding: "And I think every time I hear ... of conversations around war, I find myself being stricken with PTSD. And I find peace knowing that I serve with great advocates for peace and people who have shown courage against war."
Not a word of sympathy for the estimated 1,100 U.S. soldiers maimed or killed between 2005 and 2011 by explosively formed penetrators, the use of which Soleimani oversaw. In response to criticism over her "PTSD" comment, Omar, a Muslim refugee from Somalia, tweeted in response to Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., comments on her PTSD: "I survived war as a child and deal with post-traumatic stress disorder -- much like many who have served or lived through war. It's shameful that you as a member of Congress would erase the PTSD of survivors."
Omar, in 2012, before she became a member of Congress, tweeted: "Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel." After her election to Congress, she apologized: "I heard from Jewish orgs. that my use of the word 'hypnotize' and the ugly sentiment it holds was offensive. I spent ... little energy (in) disavowing the anti-Semitic trope I unknowingly used, which is unfortunate and offensive."
Then there were her accusations in February 2019 that supporters of Israel were deluded or bought off. It's "all about the Benjamins baby," she tweeted. At a town hall shortly after that comment, Omar 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." Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., tweeted, "I am saddened that Rep. Omar continues to mischaracterize support for Israel." Omar did not back down, tweeting: "Our Democracy is built on debate, Congresswoman! I should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on committee. The people of the 5th elected me to serve their interest. I am sure we agree on that!"
Omar was dismissive of the seriousness of terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. At a March 2019 fundraiser for the Council on American-Islamic relations, she said: "Here's the truth: For 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."
"Some people did something"?
If Republicans have an equivalent to Omar, it is Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. He, too, has compiled an impressive list of cringeworthy, bigoted comments. Last year, the pro-life congressman said: "What if we went back through all the family trees and just pulled those people out that were products of rape or incest? Would there be any population of the world left if we did that?" In 2016, he said: "They chose to have a Congressional Black Caucus. They chose to have an abortion. I would give you even money that a vast majority of mothers who say they can't afford an abortion have an iPhone, which costs more."
Then came King's interview with The New York Times in which he said: "White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization -- how did that language become offensive? Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?"
Within days of that comment, House Republicans introduced a resolution of disapproval condemning King by name, as well as his remarks. Every Republicans voted for it, as did all but one Democrat. Republican House leadership then stripped King of all his committee assignments.
By contrast, the Democrats, in response to Omar's anti-Semitic comments, passed a watered-down resolution that condemned all types of bigotry, including anti-Semitism. But the resolution made no specific reference to Omar. And it appears that Democratic leadership did not even consider stripping her of committee assignments.
A tale of two flamethrowers. Now which party is "racist/bigoted/sexist"?
-- Larry Elder is a bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio talk show host. His latest book, "The New Trump Standard," is available in paperback from Amazon.com and for Nook, Kindle, iBooks and GooglePlay.
Look how proud Nanzi is of the slimy raghead.
Nanzi even gave the raghead a seat on the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Rep. Steve King is ore malaprop type than anything else. I think he got a bad rap.
That's disappointing. It ought to be 100% of Republicans feeling that way about Demonrats. Their whole party wouldn't exist without its racist bigots and sexists.
This is what Meghan Markle is doing trying to gain sympathy. UK people,media, and royal family are racist.
It’s not that they are racist. It’s they see just how horrible she is.
Even after everything I have seen..I cannot believe she pulled this stunt. So damn tacky
Total BS. First, there is no moral equivalence between the two. Steve King is an honest, honorable person. Second, his statements have been distorted and taken out of context. The left wants to take him out because of his positions on immigration.
I have worked personally with Steve King on immigration issues. He is a person of the highest integrity and character. The RINOs, Dems, and MSM have tried to take him out for more than a decade. Fortunately, his constituents have a different view of him. They know him.
Steve King is one of the few conservatives in the House. Larry Elder used to have my respect. Now I see him as an uninformed PC doofus
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Racist????I wonder just how many blacks, Hispanics, etc. are employed in the Trump empire???
Republicans are the racist bunch???? weren’t all the slave owners in this country Democrats???, wasn’t it the Democrats who refused to accept the fact that blacks could vote and have equal rights???? and yet the blacks vote Democratic......splain that one!!
Whigs and Democrats (at least the Southern ones). Democrats opposed voting rights for Blacks in the South since they would obviously be enough to keep many of the states in the Republican column as Blacks voted overwhelmingly GOP.
Democrats tried to find ways from the beginning of Reconstruction-era enfranchisement to either manipulate or steal away the Black vote (astonishingly, even when the GOP vote was overwhelming, Dems still managed to get a modest sliver of Black support and even some Black Democrats were elected prior to the 1930s. Sadly for the Black community, Dems finally discovered what would unlock their vote, and it turned out to be Big Government $$ support and welfare, combined with pressure from mostly Democrat cities where Blacks moved to from the South, which forced them to vote their way or they might lose out on jobs, welfare, housing, et al.
Decades of that, combined with not even really having a voting alternative (i.e. the GOP not bothering to contest their vote, run candidates, fund said candidates, etc.), and the decay of the Black family structure (a result of welfare policies) and even peer pressure, led to the voting pathologies we see today.
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