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Is Ilhan Omar a Communist?
The American Spectator ^ | 8 May 2019 | Paul Kengor

Posted on 05/08/2019 11:40:33 AM PDT by GreyFriar

Is Ilhan Omar a Communist? The congresswoman invokes her idol and inspiration: Angela Davis.

Now there’s a headline to make progressives light their hair on fire. Few things set off liberals quite like anti-communism. Pro-communism doesn’t bother them much, at least not enough to openly complain. But anti-communism? One whiff of it sends them hyperventilating into howls of McCarthyism. The same seems true nowadays for socialism, as evident when Donald Trump devoted a mere line or two to it in his State of the Union. Judging from liberal hysteria, one would think Trump had announced a resurrection of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. What a shameless Red-baiter!

That brings me to Ilhan Omar, stalwart member of the Democratic Socialists of America, which describes itself as “the largest socialist organization in the United States.” Read: “socialist,” even as self-described “democratic socialists” insist that they eschew the label “socialist.”

Speaking of which, what is Ilhan Omar? How far left is she?

The short answer is we genuinely don’t know — yet. The more we learn, however, the more we beg the question. It would be valuable if a liberal reporter, in a friendly interview, sat down for a deep dive into what she believes. My sense over only the last few months is that Ilhan Omar may be the most extreme-left member of Congress, as judging from positions on everything from taxes to Israel, from wealth distribution to Venezuela. She soared further left than anyone on the Democrat radar — blowing by Bernie, AOC, and Elizabeth Warren — by calling for literally a 90% tax rate. That was 20% more than what even Miss Democratic Socialist USA, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, had proposed a week earlier.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blog; bloggers; communist; davis; ilhanomar; islamicsocialist; jihad; omar; omarantiamerican; rop
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A though provoking article by Paul Kengor.

And these 2 paragraphs near the end are worth noting:

"And what they are finding? Omar might well be to the left of Bernie Sanders."

"Speaking of which, Bernie is being asked hard questions about his radical past. Even the Washington Postlast week published a serious article examining Bernie’s 1988 Soviet honeymoon. Others have looked at Bernie’s statements on Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been asked respectfully about her views on socialism, including in probing interviews by the likes of Margaret Hoover. Given what we’ve been hearing almost weekly from Omar, and now seeing her stunning self-identification with Angela Davis, it behooves some of our “journalists” to have a heart-to-heart with her."

1 posted on 05/08/2019 11:40:33 AM PDT by GreyFriar
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To: GreyFriar

Is the Pope a Communist?


2 posted on 05/08/2019 11:42:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: GreyFriar

They ALL are..the ONLY one that might have some hope to be sane in the Commie left party is Senator Sinema, yeah she was the ONLY Dem who tweeted support for Israel, the ONLY Dem..she is an odd duck but I tell ya what, I commend her for standing firm on her support for Israel


3 posted on 05/08/2019 11:46:01 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: GreyFriar

[That brings me to Ilhan Omar, stalwart member of the Democratic Socialists of America]

Great job, Minnesota Democrats.

Really great job.

As usual....


4 posted on 05/08/2019 11:46:38 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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Answer is no. She’s an Islamic national socialist, which is Nasser’s ideology that spread out of Egypt all over North Africa and the Middle East.

JFTR, communism is specifically atheistic. Fascism and national socialism are two derivatives that were designed to make the ideology palatable to non-atheists (to a degree; Mussolini in particular said “God does not exist” for example), and Nasser’s version was tailor-made for Islamic tastes.
5 posted on 05/08/2019 11:46:43 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: GreyFriar

She may or may not be a communist but she certainly is an idiot.


6 posted on 05/08/2019 11:47:58 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Olog-hai

I’ll bet old Mussolini has a slightly-different opinion these days.

These days...

Now, who was that famous “politician” with his nose in the air like Mussolini?....hmmmmm......


7 posted on 05/08/2019 11:49:46 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: GreyFriar

Is a pigs belly pork?


8 posted on 05/08/2019 11:50:09 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: GreyFriar

Wonder if she was in on Nellie’s ham radio communications net?


9 posted on 05/08/2019 11:51:33 AM PDT by Captain7seas
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To: Captain7seas

[Nellie’s ham radio communications net]

Laces OUT!!


10 posted on 05/08/2019 11:52:52 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: GreyFriar

She’s distinctly anti-American, of which her district should be ashamed of, but obviously isn’t.


11 posted on 05/08/2019 11:52:55 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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To: GreyFriar

I think the girl is surrounded by her tribe.

She has a good chance of a job for life.

Unless they send some people back to Africa.


12 posted on 05/08/2019 11:53:25 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: dfwgator

Is Omar catholic?


13 posted on 05/08/2019 11:55:28 AM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: SaveFerris

There are 50,000 Somaas there and its her district..


14 posted on 05/08/2019 11:56:12 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: GreyFriar

Worse...she’s a terrorist!!!!


15 posted on 05/08/2019 11:58:27 AM PDT by ontap
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To: GreyFriar

She’s a Muslim. There’s many, many similarities


16 posted on 05/08/2019 11:59:10 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Hojczyk
Aided, I'm sure, by other Minnesota Democrats.

Who have brought us such national treasures as Al Franken....


17 posted on 05/08/2019 12:01:16 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: GreyFriar

Is Ilhan Omar a Communist?
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Worse, she is an Islamist.
Far more dangerous.


18 posted on 05/08/2019 12:01:24 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Olog-hai

“She’s an enemy islamist, Jim.”


19 posted on 05/08/2019 12:02:10 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: dfwgator
Is the Pope a Communist?

I thought he was a bear?!


20 posted on 05/08/2019 12:04:34 PM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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