Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Compares Criticism Of Rep. Ilhan Omar to the Holocaust

Townhall.com ^ | April 13, 2019 | Timothy Meads

[Kaslin]

On Friday night, Democratic Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez illuminated her relative lack of knowledge regarding world history once again by invoking the Holocaust in her defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar from what she says is an "explicit attack" from President Donald J. Trump. The commander-in-chief shared a video yesterday evening reminding Rep. Omar and her allies about the tragedy that occurred on 9/11 resulting in nearly 3,000 dead Americans. Rep. Omar has previously diminished the terror attack by Al-Qaeda as "some people" doing "something," which was included in the video.  Conservative commentators and pundits across Twitter reminded Rep. Ocasio-Cortez her criticism of President Trump fell short on a number of reasons. 

"Members of Congress have a duty to respond to the President’s explicit attack today.@IlhanMN’s life is in danger. For our colleagues to be silent is to be complicit in the outright, dangerous targeting of a member of Congress," Rep. Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. 

Her tweet went on to say, "We must speak out," and included a photo the famous poem by German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller about the Holocaust and how dictator Adolf Hitler and Nazi targeted individual groups, eliminating them one by one. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez tagged the Holocaust Memorial Museum in her tweet as well. 

Members of Congress have a duty to respond to the President’s explicit attack today.@IlhanMN’s life is in danger. For our colleagues to be silent is to be complicit in the outright, dangerous targeting of a member of Congress.

We must speak out.

“First they came...” pic.twitter.com/ygOX1vhE9j— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 12, 2019

Young America's Foundation speaker and Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro pointed out it is both dumb to assert "speech is violence," while also defending a noted anti-semite like Rep. Omar by referencing the Holocaust. 

And there’s something deeply disturbing about AOC making Holocaust references to defend an open and unrepentant anti-Semite who is merely being criticized— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 13, 2019

Erik Erikson commented that if simple criticism, pretty commonplace in American politics, is now tantamount to calling for violence, then the media is surely in need of a restraining order. 

If criticizing an elected official is now incitement to violence, Donald Trump should get a permanent restraining order against the media.— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) April 13, 2019

The Federalist's David Harsanyi said that Rep. Ocasio-Cortez managed to "belittle both the real victims of 9/11 and the Holocaust. 

This is just a shameful attempt to chill speech. It belittles both the real victims of 9/11 and the Holocaust. https://t.co/RHkjQShk0c— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) April 13, 2019

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders also condemned President Trump for his tweet.

Sen. Warren said, "The President is inciting violence against a sitting Congresswoman—and an entire group of Americans based on their religion. It's disgusting. It's shameful. And any elected leader who refuses to condemn it shares responsibility for it."

While Sen. Sanders added, "Ilhan Omar is a leader with strength and courage. She won't back down to Trump's racism and hate, and neither will we. The disgusting and dangerous attacks against her must end." 

Here's the video. It features Rep. Omar's words in comparison to what actually happened. 

WE WILL NEVER FORGET! pic.twitter.com/VxrGFRFeJM— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2019

[Sarah Barracuda]

I read that the mother accidentally bumped into him and out of anger, he threw the child over the balcony..he should be charged with a hate crime, if this were a white man who threw a black child off the balcony he would be charged with a hate crime

[Sarah Barracuda]

I was thinking to call them cockroaches but even they have value..I only thought of snakes from that poem that President Trump sometimes recites, the story of the venomous snake

[caww]

‘Some people did something’

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Kaslin. There are two main reasons I'm pinging this one -- the second reason is, because it illuminates the bigoted stupidity of Pokahonkey of Massachusetts, and the parasite Sanders of Vermont.

[ThunderSleeps]

Wow, just wow. AOC is the gift that just keeps on giving. Best thing that could have happened to conservatives: AOC and all her ignorant socialist idiocy on full display.

[ronnie raygun]

There is just not enough rope

[Steve_Seattle]

Everybody should read Jamie Glazov’s book “Jihadist Psychopath.” Despite the somewhat splashy title, it is very nuanced, very well-documented, and very perceptive. It explains the nuances of the psychological symbiosis between the left and radical Jihadists, and how - despite thousands of Jihadist terror attacks worldwide - Muslims have succeeded in making themselves the eternal victims, and in virtually silencing any criticism of their religion.

[caww]

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Landon ?

[Steve_Seattle]

"Omar is really apiece of work, a cute, small, vulnerable-looking woman who’s actually as venomous as and more pure evil than a cute, colorful little Coral Snake. The big difference is the snake eats vermin while she is vermin."

I think Omar is a psychopath. Seriously. A psychopath pretends he is just like his victim, he plays the victim himself, he is never wrong, he has no sense of truth, he is manipulative, he can be charming, he plays on people's own vanity, and he wants to destroy the victim. That describes Omar. You should have seen Colbert sucking up to her the other night.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Landon ?

[Sarah Barracuda]

and ever since that horrible day, the commie left has defended Islam, because they share two common ideologies with them, they both despise America, and they both despise Israel

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Excellent post.. correct

[RummyChick]

Mall of America kid. Now over 50 k for the fund raiser

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Ok..terrible tragedy.

[faucetman]

Alexandria Ocrasio-Cortez

or

Alexandria Ocrazyo-Cortez

or

Alexandria O-crazy-o-Cortez

It’s not name calling, I mean, she actually IS “Crazy”

I like the first one because it is more subtle and can hide in plain sight.

“Say what?” “Oh, my bad, it’s just a typo.”

[yoe]

Ilhan Omar's reason for getting herself elected is an impediment to American rules of law and American values especially what the U.S. Constitution stands for...as well as her life long teachings of pushing Israel into the sea....Omar means to remain an impediment i,e., a disruptive member of congress.

[yoe]

[caww]

"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble"...

James Woods... Apr 11

[Bonemaker]