Posted on 09/19/2020 8:42:19 AM PDT by jazusamo
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and "The Squad" – consisting of her, Reps. Rashida Tlaib (MI), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) – have made a name for themselves as progressive darlings. They're a firebrand that has ignited grassroots progressives. While that's great in theory, it also exposes one issue: the middle-of-the-road Democrats, you know, what the Democratic Party used to be.
In the past, Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN), Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, defended Omar's comments about 9/11, when she said "some people did something."
“I think she was trying to say that some people in her community feel like they’re being targeted," Peterson said last year.
Earlier this week the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) asked Peterson why he defended Omar's comments. Now, it looks as though he's doing his best to distance himself from the freshman congresswoman, the New York Post reported.
“Do you have any comment as to why you defended Ilhan Omar?” an NRCC staffer asked.
“I don’t defend her. She doesn’t belong in our party,” Peterson, who has served Minnesota's 7th Congressional District since 1991, told the NRCC.
Peterson was asked to clarify and expand on his position.
"She doesn’t belong in our party,” he said as he walked away.
It's clear that Peterson is attempting to distance himself from Omar and the rest of "The Squad." He's facing a tough election against Republican Michelle Fischbach, the former Minnesota Lieutenant Governor.
It's not surprising that people like Peterson are distancing themselves from people like Omar. The Squad's rhetoric and policy stances are harmful to people to rural America. The Green New Deal threatens farmers' way of life. "Defunding" the police (when it is really about abolishing law enforcement) gives small towns and communities across the Midwest anxiety. It means that riots like what took place in Kenosha, Wisconsin, can come to a place near them. It's no longer just something that happens in major cities. It's now something that can – and will – happen in small towns and cities no one has ever heard of. Embracing people like Omar means they support this kind of agenda, even if their constituents don't. That's a liability in an election year.
He’ll still vote like a typical Rat, don’t fall for it.
I think it hilarious that some Rats are turning on their own but like you say, they’re still Rats.
She doesn’t belong in our country!
Bump! :^)
“He’ll still vote like a typical Rat, don’t fall for it.”
This is a FACT. Anybody who still identifies as a “DemocRAT” tells all of US that they support INFANTICIDE, Late Term Abortions, The “New Green Deal” and all of the other Communist inspired bullcrap that the Squad endorses. These individuals also support the idea of a One Party system of Tyrannical Government because they do NOT believe that American Citizens should have ANY say in our own governance.
Presumably not your district, but do you see Fischbach taking out Peterson, despite the latter’s fake lurch towards moderation?
Democrat Collin Peterson represents the rural district of Minnesota bordering the Dakotas. Very red. He’s held the seat for 20 years-blue dog. 76 years old. The GOP ‘new blood’ is the not-so-young Lt. Gov. The whackos could cost him his seat but I don’t think so. My reaction is this: It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. Heard it somewhere.
Why? No rags on their heads.Americans will *never* give any credibility to the Somali.
These demons will say anything to remain in power.
Good one, right on!
Don’t vote RAT for anything, even dog catcher.
Suspect the main reason Colin Peterson is distancing himself from Omar is that for the first time since his first election he has a really good chance of being sent back to Detroit Lakes permanently. Michelle Fishbach is the former Lt Gov of the state and his district is red, red, red. The sway he holds with the farmers because of his power on the Ag Committee may not save him this time. I crossed his district east to west and back a week or so ago and only saw one Peterson sign... many for Fishbach. We’ll see.
Next: Former Congressman reminisces about old days as he packs his belongings to go home.
Pelosi: Be thankful. You have your health.....as long as I decree that.
Sorry, Mr. Peterson, but you own these people... They are Democrats and they speak and act for you. You’ll have to do a lot more to slither away what you Democrats have brought to this country.
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