Posted on 07/19/2019 10:25:29 AM PDT by conservative98
High-profile Democrats are decrying a controversial resolution from Rep. Ilhan Omar affirming the right to boycott Israel, even as they rally behind her and three other first-term congresswomen attacked by President Trump.
Omar, D-Minn., proposed the resolution earlier this week in a bid to push back against U.S. laws banning the Israel boycotts. The text of the measure affirms the right of Americans to organize boycotts of foreign countries.
While the resolution doesn’t explicitly name Israel or the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, she told media outlets that the resolution concerns the Jewish state.
'We are introducing a resolution … to really speak about the American values that support and believe in our ability to exercise our First Amendment rights in regard to boycotting.'
But Democrats, who rushed to Omar's defense this week after Trump’s Twitter attacks that critics called racist, have once again been put in an awkward spot by Omar's Israel criticism. Earlier this year, many Democrats condemned comments from Omar deemed anti-Semitic. Now, several members are making clear they're not on board with her BDS resolution.
California Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman, one of the more senior Jewish lawmakers in the House, told The Jerusalem Post that the resolution proposed by the fellow Democrat is not serious.
“I can’t imagine that any committee is going to mark up or take seriously any pro-BDS resolution,” Sherman said.
“Am I worried about the overall BDS movement worldwide as an economic matter? No. As an effort to delegitimize Israel, of course. The comments here today are a tiny part of that delegitimizing effort.”
“I think the BDS movement is harmful, and anyone that promotes it is making a big mistake,” he told The Washington Times.
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But condemning Ilhan for her screeds, that just can’t be done. She’s black, therefore her mojo protects her from the white devils.
I hate having this long red tail under my butt when I sit in front of the computer for a few hours. :^)
Mine’s just red on the tip.
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