Posted on 06/18/2026 6:19:53 PM PDT by Libloather
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, has criticized comedian Jerry Seinfeld after he told a streamer that "Palestine doesn't exist" as he walked out of an NBA Finals game after he was repeatedly asked to say "Free Palestine."
While being interviewed by TMZ on Capitol Hill, Omar called Seinfeld's comment "disgusting," "disturbing," and "genocidal language," and argued that the remark is intended to erase Palestinian existence.
"Jerry Seinfeld has been a really horrific human being and an example when it comes to talking about the reality of the genocide that Israel has carried out," Omar told TMZ. "And I think when people prioritize their own people in the interest of harming others, it's very dangerous."
The congresswoman argues that the danger extends beyond Seinfeld's platform and his celebrity's public reach.
"I don't even think of him as like just a celebrity and someone who has a platform in that danger, but it is dangerous just as a human being to talk the way that he does," Omar told TMZ. "It's very disgusting, it's very disturbing, and it's very genocidal language that he uses, and people need to call him out for it."
Omar said that the contrast between Seinfeld's heritage and his comments is troubling. As a Jewish person who endured the Holocaust, Omar says he should know better than to use what she described as genocidal language.
"For him knowing that his people suffered the Holocaust and experienced what genocide looks like, for him not to recognize the genocidal language that he's using to wipe out a whole group of people is very disturbing, and people need to recognize that," Omar told TMZ.
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The Sheikster is treading on Thin Ice.
She should stop embarrassing herself. Jerry Seinfeld is one of the most popular public figures in America. She is not.
Seinfeld has probably never voted for a Republican in his life but I give him credit for keeping his comedy apolitical and not going out of his way to alienate people on the right.
Great idea, picking a fight with Seinfeld. Lol
Then Kramer said, “Giddy up!”
He should give her the Babu treatment.
Who was the first king of Palestine? What language did the ancient Palestinians speak? What religion were the ancient Palestinians?
Yadda Yadda Yadda
Palestine doesn’t exist.
Never will, either. At least not in Israel. Maybe President Trump’s proposed Indonesian island where they can be watched to prevent them from any more terrorist attacks.
Palestine doesn’t exist.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Atlantis doesn’t exist. Wakanda doesn’t exist. Honah Lee doesn’t exist.
Deport the bitch and strip her citizenship!!!!
“Somalian Fraud in Minn. doesn’t exist either”....
Seinfeld just stated a fact.
The hypocrisy in this Somalian creature is staggering.
Good thinking, Ilhan. Provoke a comedian to take his “Palestine Doesn’t Exist” show on the road.
And yet this brain dead person has to appear on this forum.
I guess Freedom of speech is for ALL..
Sometimes it’s painful
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