Posted on 03/14/2019 6:02:45 AM PDT by SJackson
Some Minnesota Democrats, aghast at controversial comments made by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D), are taking initial steps to recruit a candidate to run against her in next year’s primary election, seeking to buck history in one of the nation’s most progressive legislative districts.
Several party leaders said they have had discussions about finding a candidate to take on Omar, just two months into her first term in Congress.
But even those who were deeply offended by Omar’s comments about Israel concede they have not yet found anyone to challenge her.
“There’s definitely some buzz going around about it, but it’s more a buzz of is anyone talking about finding someone to run against her than it is anyone saying they’re going to run against her or contemplate it. There’s definitely talk about people wanting someone to run against her,” said state Sen. Ron Latz (D), who represents a portion of Omar’s district.
In her first weeks on the job, Omar sparked outrage for comments that critics said relied on anti-Semitic tropes — first for suggesting that politicians who support Israel do so for financial reasons and then for suggesting that lobbyist are pushing for “allegiance to a foreign country.”
Those comments prompted two votes in the House condemning anti-Semitism, as well as other forms of hate speech. In Minnesota, Omar’s constituents took note.
“Our community is exasperated by Rep. Omar’s unfulfilled promises to listen and learn from Jewish constituents while seemingly simultaneously finding another opportunity to make an anti-Semitic remark and insult our community,” Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, said in a statement.
Omar met with Hunegs last month, after her initial remarks received widespread condemnation. She has continued to meet with Jewish leaders both in Minneapolis and Washington, a spokesman said.
ADVERTISEMENT “Unfortunately, having the opportunity to speak with her about that point didn’t dissuade her making that statement,” Hunegs told The Hill in an interview Wednesday. “We were appalled.”
Some Democrats are eyeing Bobby Joe Champion, a state senator who has served in the legislature for a decade. Others hope to entice Minneapolis City Councilwoman Andrea Jenkins, the first openly transgender African-American woman elected to public office in the United States.
“I’d be pretty uncomfortable supporting Rep. Omar right now, given what I’ve learned about her since the election and given her apparent inability to stop insulting Jews,” said Latz, who represents the city of St. Louis Park, home to a large Jewish population, and who supported Omar’s chief rival in the 2018 Democratic primary.
But finding a challenger to take on Omar is a difficult prospect.
No House Democrat from Minnesota has ever lost a bid for renomination, according to University of Minnesota political scientist Eric Ostermeier, author of the Smart Politics blog.
Only two House members from Minnesota have ever lost primaries, most recently more than a century ago.
“While she has created a significant amount of controversy for herself and said things that have offended many Americans, I’m not sure that one could make the case that she is in trouble yet,” said Mike Erlandson, a former Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) chairman and chief of staff to ex-Rep. Martin Sabo (D) who ran for the seat against Omar’s predecessor, Keith Ellison (D), in 2006.
Jenkins told The Hill on Wednesday she is not interested in running for Congress, and she backs Omar for reelection.
“Support is really strong for Congresswoman Omar, but certainly there is some acrimony. I think people feel like she’s being unfairly targeted,” Jenkins said. “I love my job. I’m really close to the people I represent.”
Champion did not respond to several requests for comment.
A part of the challenge in fielding a competitor, Minnesota Democrats said, is that Omar is likely to win the endorsement of the state DFL, which comes with access to voter lists and data that unendorsed candidates do not receive.
“The DFL endorsement is a huge advantage,” said Corey Day, a former executive director of the Minnesota DFL. “The real fight is usually for the DFL endorsement or to block it.”
Omar, 37, won the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party’s endorsement in 2018 over two other candidates. She won the DFL primary with 48 percent of the vote, well ahead of former state House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher — who did not seek the endorsement — and state Sen. Patricia Torres Ray.
Omar’s win underscored a deep geographic and racial divide in one of the most liberal congressional districts in the country. The district includes the entire city of Minneapolis and its whiter, wealthier western suburbs; about 67 percent of its residents are white, compared with about 84 percent of the state as a whole.
Omar, a Somali-American and one of the first two Muslim women to serve in Congress, won big in Minneapolis itself. Kelliher, who is white, won the suburbs west of Minneapolis by wide margins.
Omar’s base inside the city is another challenge any rival would have to overcome.
“The core of Minneapolis outvotes the suburbs, even though the population may be relatively similar,” Erlandson said.
Several potential candidates have already taken themselves out of the running. Latz said he considered a bid “for all of a half a second” before opting against it.
Kelliher, appointed in December to take over the state Department of Transportation, is “entirely focused” on her new job, a department spokesman said.
Meanwhile, Jenkins noted that “I do not want to spend all my time fundraising.”
A representative for Omar’s campaign said they do not fear a primary challenge.
“Ilhan entered a 10 week six-way primary and she believes you get what you organize for. She organized her district to win and she’s really excited to do that again over the next two years,” a campaign spokesman told The Hill.
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When you've got a female Jew hating socialist of color, it's tough to find a viable candidate to oppose her. She hasn't got the transgender or gay trait, but few candidates have been accused of marrying their sibling. That offsets it. Isn't there a wrestler out there they can run? Or a carnival character.
Democrats upset over Omar. Seeking primary challenger.
There, I fixed it.
Does the candidate have to reside in the district?
Are there no Republicans in Minnesota?..........................
It will be fun to watch the voter fraud they pull against one of their own.
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Conservatives, Donald Dems should find a DINO to run in that primary...
Are there no Republicans in Minnesota?...
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There aren’t many real Republicans in the entire country! The GOP is infested with weak, unprincipled, and self-serving politicians.
Constitution requires that you reside in the state in which you are elected.
Democrats upset over Omar.
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SOME Democrats are but the rest are OK with her radical rantings.
For Republicans, Omar and her like minded radical friends are the best thing to ever happen to the party. Without their daily outrages to mask Republican weakness and failures what would the GOP do?
But wait...there's more good news for a primary challenger (smirk).
Braindead Congressional Black Caucus Democrap Jim Clyburn came to Omar’s defense on her anti-Semitism vileness, insisting:
"I've talked to her, Clyburn said, "she's feeling real pain b/c of her bgrnd." Clyburn unblinkingly said Omar "told him"
she was born in Somalia, and had to flee the country to escape Somali violence, and spent four years in a Kenyan
refugee camp before coming to the US.
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Yeah sure, (BTW, Clyburn still believes Jussie Smollett).
So why, as a frightened Somali given refuge in America, did she hurry back to Somalia to endorse a Somali
candidate and get her BIL a job in his administration?
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This creepy woman has a hidden agenda no one could ever imagine. Omar has has world-wide terrorist connections.
BACKSTORY-- Just a few weeks after her election to Minnesota's state legislature, Ilhan was in her homeland she says she "fled in fear."
She was with then-Pres Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a favorite for re-election. He reportedly invited her to appear beside him
prior to the Somali election taking place. That's the "frightened lady" chit-chatting, setting up her foreign policy $$$$ Somali agenda.
No Longer "Fearful," elected US state rep Omar Endorsed Somalia’s New President. Four Days Later,
Omar's Brother-in-Law Had a Powerful Job in the Somali Administration. The US foreign aid is about to pour in.
What was the deal she made with the corrupt-ridden Somali govt? Are the violent Somalians she once fled,
privy to US security reports from Omar's current position on the Congressional Foreign Affair Committee?
You better believe it, guys.
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A foray into foreign politics, should have disqualified her from getting US security clearance.
How did she get US security clearance in Congress? Did she falsify govt documents?
THAT would make them Democrats!.......................
Regardless of whether they primary her or not, she will claim the cloak of Victim-hood because she’s a Muslim. That’s what they do........................
Not enough to matter. After all, Minnesota elected Keith Ellison as its AG by a comfortable margin.
Are there no Republicans in Minnesota?....................
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Plenty of Republicans in Minnesota. But she is from Cedar/Riverside in Minneapolistan.There are no Americans in that area.
Paging Phyllis Kahn... Paging Phyllis Kahn. Please pick up the white phone.
It’s not that they disagree with her, it’s that they aren’t comfortable with her being so transparent.
The Minnesota Dems will be looking for a non white muslim who hates Jews and embraces socialism... who is able to be less confrontational with those beliefs. An Obama type.
Video on Citizen Free Press web site.
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Address Records Show Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) Lived With First Husband Throughout Marriage To Brother;
CIRCA 2018--Growing amount of evidence implicates Omar in multiple federal and state felonies
P.J. Media ^ | October 30, 2018 | David Steinberg / FR / FR Posted by grundle
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