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Did Trump really take a political risk in telling Omar to go back to her country?
American Thinker ^ | 15 Jul, 2019 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 07/15/2019 7:00:49 AM PDT by MtnClimber

So did Trump blow it by implicitly telling Rep. Ilhan Omar to go back to her home country, fix it up, and get back to us? Did he overplay his hand? Is a remark like that, universally decried by Democrats, a step too far? Not by Trump's standards. The controversial string of tweets, which stirred the pot mightily in the press, was as politically incorrect as it comes. In fact, Trump hasn't put out a string like this since the 2016 campaign......

It's telling that even as Pelosi spars with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Trump took on Ocasio-Cortez's pal, Rep. Ilhan Omar, the only one who comes from a foreign country.

Omar, it turns out, is a massive liability for the Democrats. Making her the face of the Democrats is a pretty good way of triggering a GOP landslide, not just in the White House, but in the House of Representatives. Among the working-class voters Democrats must win over to win the presidency, and, for that matter, both houses of Congress, Omar sports an abysmal 9% approval rating along with a 53% recognition rate. She's the most unpopular of all of them. According to the Daily Wire:

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: 2020election; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; ilhanomar; mediawingofthednc; michigan; minnesota; newyork; ocasiocortez; occasionalcortex; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; rashidatlaib; skinny; smearmachine; somalianskinny; ungrateful
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Fortunately, she would be killed the moment she set foot in Somalia.

Thus we should exple her from Congress, revoke her citizenship and deport her back to Somalia.


61 posted on 07/15/2019 7:55:57 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: central_va

What are you even disagreeing with?

Do you think Trump did not want to help the progressive wing of the Dems in their fight with Pelosi? That was obviously his intent and he did it very well. If it looks like the Dems are moderate, they run better in 2020. If it looks like the Dems are radical, Trump runs better in 2020.

Now if Pelosi tries to rein them in again as she did last week, she’s implicitly taking Trump’s side, an untenable position for her.


62 posted on 07/15/2019 7:56:49 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: MtnClimber

You can’t make your deranged enemies any more fervent then they already are. It’s like saying the 8th Air force daylight bombing really made the Nazi’s really angry.


63 posted on 07/15/2019 7:56:52 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: babble-on
Do you think Trump did not want to help the progressive wing of the Dems in their fight with Pelosi? That was obviously his intent and he did it very well.

Makes. NO. Sense....

64 posted on 07/15/2019 7:58:02 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: heshtesh
I have been under the impression it was Bush who brought in the majority of them.

Could be! statistics I have seen indicated 2006 as an immigration high of around 13,000, but I can't find stats for Obama years after 2012.

65 posted on 07/15/2019 7:58:52 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: McGavin999

And the TV viewer should switch to OANN for their news. FNC is no more sacred than CNN. If they slant left; ditch ‘em! I’m pI$$ed by the jackwagons FNC has on when Brett Baer is away. Baer’s bad enough; but those nobodies who can’t wait to spew ‘Rat talking points and twist Trump’s tweets in their heady 15 minutes of fame, really clench my jaws!


66 posted on 07/15/2019 7:59:09 AM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
It's just a language war - control the narrative, control the terms of engagement, control the battle.

Rather than specifically identify the culprits engineering the destruction of the USA, substitute terms such as "satanic pedophiles and child traffickers". Or, "democrats are the party of satanists, pedophiles & criminals".

Furthermore, in response to charges of racism or any other fabrications, reverse that as well with a well turned phrase such as "An ungrateful American hater shamefully repeating an ugly race libel. When will he/she be disavowed by their supporters?"

67 posted on 07/15/2019 8:00:38 AM PDT by semantic
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To: BitWielder1

He’s just fine among his base, he only said what everyone are thinking.

To people who already hate Trump, everything he does is wrong, by definition.

His message had two audiences!

1. Too reaffirm to his Deplorables, he is still against illegals coming into America.

2. A very clear and zero BS message to the independent voters, who work, have families, pay a lot of taxes, and are not happy with the illegals flooding into America.


68 posted on 07/15/2019 8:02:44 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( America - A country so great that even her haters wonÂ’t leave.)
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To: BitWielder1

He’s just fine among his base, he only said what everyone are thinking.

To people who already hate Trump, everything he does is wrong, by definition.

His message had two audiences!

1. Too reaffirm to his Deplorables, he is still against illegals coming into America.

2. A very clear and zero BS message to the independent voters, who work, have families, pay a lot of taxes, and are not happy with the illegals flooding into America.


69 posted on 07/15/2019 8:02:53 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( America - A country so great that even her haters wonÂ’t leave.)
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To: MtnClimber

Truth isn’t a risk you just have to know when to release it and he does.The sting of truth is what the left can’t handle.


70 posted on 07/15/2019 8:05:05 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: MtnClimber

Hell no. It’s exactly what most Americans think. Deport that ugly c word back to the chit hole she came from.


71 posted on 07/15/2019 8:06:28 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: MtnClimber

IMO, yes. Never interrupt your enemies when they are firing at each other.


72 posted on 07/15/2019 8:07:30 AM PDT by Raebie
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To: MtnClimber

If you start your article with the word “so,” you are not a writer.


73 posted on 07/15/2019 8:09:08 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: Tucker39
Yes, rather than back off, Trump needs to increase the fire. Here's the thing, the satanists truly are in favor of sowing discord, division and violence in order to (further) achieve wealth, power & control. They are literally willing to sacrifice the peaceful well being of a stable America quietly pursuing their own happiness by intentionally introducing crime and war.

The USA is very very far down the path towards defeat. Until the enemy is finally acknowledged, engaged and defeated, it's all over for the deplorables. It's time to rip off the cover(s) and reveal who has been behind the mechanism of destruction all along. Look no further than those who worship at the alter of satan, and all that he offers as reward.

74 posted on 07/15/2019 8:10:10 AM PDT by semantic
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To: MtnClimber

“did Trump blow it by implicitly telling Rep. Ilhan Omar to go back to her home country, fix it up, and get back to us?”

I wouldn’t wish these leftist Democrats upon any country.

Karl Marx did more damage to the Third World than slavery, colonialism and imperialism combined.

The “fix it up” bit is totally absurd.

The “go back” bit I have no problem with.


75 posted on 07/15/2019 8:21:44 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: MtnClimber

It is classic Trump.

Someone hates the US and spouts off.

Most people who love the US say “get the fuck out”.

Trump echoes the people’s thoughts.

Liberals are clueless and get triggered by Trump’s comment.

Perfect PROOF of how Trump connects with ordinary people and liberals are in their own world.


76 posted on 07/15/2019 8:29:18 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is now a hate-group)
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To: MtnClimber
Best POTUS of my lifetime.

1. Dominates the news, as he did in the 2016 primary. If any opponent gets any airtime, it is to ask them what they think of Trump's comment.

2. He pushes on the fracture line in the Demonrat party.

3. He makes Demonrats support the hateful things the squad of four says.

4. He rallies his base, who believe exactly what he says.

5. He makes the broader public aware of how much Demonrats hate the USA.

6. He demonstrates immigrants SHOULD love our country.


77 posted on 07/15/2019 8:29:51 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: MtnClimber

They should “go back” to the places where their preferred (non-American) culture is prevalent. These morons love America—they just don’t want traditional cultural Americans to live in it.


78 posted on 07/15/2019 8:35:18 AM PDT by myerson
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To: Raebie
IMO, yes. Never interrupt your enemies when they are firing at each other.

interesting. What has Pelosi said since?

79 posted on 07/15/2019 8:38:06 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Regulator

Only 14% of the electorate in that district bothered to turn out for the general election, and even fewer turned out during the primary. Sounds to me that most of the dems during the primary assumed Crowley would win again.


80 posted on 07/15/2019 8:43:50 AM PDT by ScottinVA (The most urgent gathering threat to America: the Democrat Party)
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