Omar & Tlaib Cross the Line, Double Down On Anti-Israel Bias By Sharing Holocaust-Denier's Tweet
As if everything they’ve said about Israel wasn’t bad enough, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib decided to take things a full step further.
It’s pretty bad.
And yet, nobody in the mainstream media will say a word – neither will any of their liberal colleagues.
LOOK:
Oof. Looks like both Rep. Omar and Rep. Tlaib shared this awful Carlos Latuff cartoon in Instagram stories yesterday. In 2006, Latuff came in second in Iran’s International Holocaust Cartoon Contest, which is a thing that exists, in case you thought the TL couldn’t get any worse.
Oof. Looks like both Rep. Omar and Rep. Tlaib shared this awful Carlos Latuff cartoon in Instagram stories yesterday. In 2006, Latuff came in second in Iran's International Holocaust Cartoon Contest, which is a thing that exists, in case you thought the TL couldn't get any worse. pic.twitter.com/uwyBPAsz7T
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) August 18, 2019
From Fox News:
Ungar-Sargon pointed out that the artist who drew the cartoon, Carlos Latuff, has a history of cartoons that compare Israel to Nazis, including an entry in the 2006 Iran Holocaust Cartoon Contest that won him second place.
Latuff himself shared the cartoon on his Twitter page, and early Sunday morning he posted a link to an interview he did with the Forward where he discussed his controversial artwork. He defended his use of the Holocaust to criticize Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, even while acknowledging that the two are not exactly the same.
“Of course Israel isn’t building gas chambers in the West Bank, but surely we can find some similarities between the treatment given to Palestinians by the [Israel Defense Forces] and the Jews under Nazi rule,” Latuff said.
Reactions:
Turns out the women who support BDS were anti-Semites! What a twist!
https://twitter.com/DestructiveChem/status/1162906841984225280?%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1162906841984225280&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fsamj-3930%2F2019%2F08%2F18%2Fwhat-the-actual-f-ilhan-omar-and-rashida-tlaib-share-work-of-anti-semitic-cartoonist-known-for-holocaust-cartoon-contest%2F
“Stop silencing us!!!”
— people who never STFU
"Stop silencing us!!!"
— people who never STFU— President Matt Cates (@Matt_Cates) August 18, 2019
Antisemities sharing antisemitic cartoons and continue to be antisemitic? I’m shocked
https://twitter.com/bob_malak/status/1162900732946763776?%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1162900732946763776&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fsamj-3930%2F2019%2F08%2F18%2Fwhat-the-actual-f-ilhan-omar-and-rashida-tlaib-share-work-of-anti-semitic-cartoonist-known-for-holocaust-cartoon-contest%2F
They posted counting on outrage to spread this editorial cartoon even further, with which some people will agree. My vote is not to even post.
They posted counting on outrage to spread this editorial cartoon even further, with which some people will agree. My vote is not to even post.
— Boomieleaks (@Boomieleaks) August 18, 2019
What the actual f***. It shouldn’t be too much to ask that members of Congress not promote the work of anti-Semitic cartoonists. Surely someone on their staffs has access to google! 🙄
What the actual f***. It shouldn’t be too much to ask that members of Congress not promote the work of anti-Semitic cartoonists. Surely someone on their staffs has access to google! 🙄 https://t.co/ArfWc2PvRS
— Sarah Rumpf 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@rumpfshaker) August 18, 2019
H/T: Twitchy