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CBS, NBC Celebrate Win for Dem Accused of Anti-Semitism, Downplay Diversity of GOP Winners
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| 11/7/2018
| Nicholas Fondacaro
Posted on 11/08/2018 9:20:01 AM PST by rktman
In the midst of their midterm results coverage on Wednesday, the CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News touted the diversity of the Democratic Partys field of winners. But in the process, they celebrated the election of Congresswoman-elect Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. The problem? Shes been accused of anti-Semitism because of her anti-Israel stance.
In a November 2012 tweet, Omar lashed out at the Jewish state of Israel by playing on anti-Jewish tropes. Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel. #Gaza #Palestine #Israel she wrote. And in a response to someone who called her out as a Jew hater, Omar called Israel an apartheid state.
Despite this incident, CBS national correspondent Jim Axelrod touted Omar for becoming the first-ever Somali-American elected to Congress. Born in Somalia, she and her family fled the violence of civil war when she was eight. After years in a refugee camp in Kenya, she immigrated here when she was 12, learning English in three months, he added.
On NBC, congressional correspondent Kasie Hunt rolled Omar into a report that touted gains for Democratic women. The newest Congress featuring more than 100 women, a new record. Among them, the first Muslim women, Michigan's Rashida Tlaib and Minnesota's Ilhan Omar, she praise.
Of course, neither of them mentioned Omars controversy. Omar replaced Democrat Keith Ellison, who won his bid to become Minnesotas attorney general. He has been seen palling around with rabid anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan and, on a separate note, was accused of abuse by a former girlfriend. The liberal media more often than not ignores anti-Semitism on the left and pretends it only exists on the right.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Israel; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan; US: Minnesota; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: assclowns; cbs; israel; jerusalem; karenmonahan; keithellison; letshavejerusalem; minnesota; nbc; nobrainscollectively; seebs; tomperez; waronterror
Hmmm. I'm starting to believe there's a double standard going on here. Did she take any money from the open society coffers? (You know, from that soros guy we're not supposed to talk about because that would be anti-semitic and stuff.)
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posted on
11/08/2018 9:20:01 AM PST
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rktman
To: rktman
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posted on
11/08/2018 9:20:36 AM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: rktman
Calling a critic of Soros antisemitic is like calling a critic of Benedict Arnold anti-American. Because Arnold was American, and stuff.
To: rktman
Federal law regarding election fraud:
18 U.S. Code Chapter 29
§ 592 - Troops at polls
§ 593 - Interference by armed forces
§ 594 - Intimidation of voters
§ 595 - Interference by administrative employees of Federal, State, or Territorial Governments
§ 596 - Polling armed forces
§ 597 - Expenditures to influence voting
§ 598 - Coercion by means of relief appropriations
§ 599 - Promise of appointment by candidate
§ 600 - Promise of employment or other benefit for political activity
§ 601 - Deprivation of employment or other benefit for political contribution
§ 602 - Solicitation of political contributions
§ 603 - Making political contributions
§ 604 - Solicitation from persons on relief
§ 605 - Disclosure of names of persons on relief
§ 606 - Intimidation to secure political contributions
§ 607 - Place of solicitation
§ 608 - Absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters
§ 609 - Use of military authority to influence vote of member of Armed Forces
§ 610 - Coercion of political activity
§ 611 - Voting by aliens
§ 612 - Repealed. Pub. L. 94283, title II, § 201(a), May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 496]
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-29
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posted on
11/08/2018 9:27:02 AM PST
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reasonisfaith
("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
To: reasonisfaith
Did any of this occur? ;-)
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posted on
11/08/2018 9:27:55 AM PST
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rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: rktman
That’s the question, isn’t it?
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11/08/2018 9:30:05 AM PST
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reasonisfaith
("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
To: rktman
The Mindless Media Maroons could care less about international affairs and the effects of them being so damn ignorant, willingly ignorant and indifferent.
Israel is their enemy. Game, Set, Match.
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11/08/2018 10:07:34 AM PST
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11/09/2018 8:13:00 AM PST
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