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Freshman Democrat Ilhan Omar seems to be upsetting more and more people by the day.

Of course, the main reason deals with her anti-Semitism which is absolutely blatant at this point. More on that below.

First, check out the fiery exchange Omar had with Elliot Abrams, the Trump administration’s special envoy to Venezuela, who was fed up with the Congresswoman’s “ridiculous” questions…

From Fox News:

The Trump administration’s new special envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, clashed Wednesday with freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a House hearing on the Caracas crisis after the congresswoman tried to turn focus to Abrams’ history in Latin America while asking him point-blank whether he’d support “genocide” if it served American interests.

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Abrams fired back, calling the line of questioning “ridiculous” and refusing to respond to the personal “attack.”

The questioning was the latest moment in the spotlight for Omar, who earlier this week apologized for tweets considered anti-Semitic — and who previously criticized what she described as a “US backed coup” in Venezuela, though many countries beyond the U.S. have recognized Juan Guaido, the opposition head of the National Assembly, as the interim president over Nicolás Maduro.

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Omar showed no shame after responding to a series of tweets from journalist Glenn Greenwald.

LOOK:

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Enter Omar with the anti-Semitic stereotype:

https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1094747501578633216?%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1094747501578633216&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalistpapers.org%2Fopinion%2Fmuslim-rep-omar-shows-no-shame-wildly-anti-semitic-comment

If not blatantly obvious to the untrained eye, here’s the problem with her tweet:

“It’s all about the Benjamins baby,” Rep. Omar said, a reference to Jewish people and money. A typical antisemitic stereotype.

She then retweeted a “hook-nosed” tweet:

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Omar went after America by saying refugees at the southern border are “detained and tortured.”

From Free Beacon:

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) claimed during a rally on Thursday that refugees who come to the United States are “detained and tortured.”

Omar told the crowd of activists, joined in their goal of defunding Immigration and Customs Enforcement, about the story of how her family risked their lives to flee Somalia into Kenya, before eventually coming to the United States. She said that because of her experience, she will “cry” every time she sees a picture of a little girl “standing in the desert waiting to get processed in the country.”

Omar: “The difference between what is happening to some of those little girls and me is that I didn’t have a cage waiting for me. I had an open-armed people with moral clarity, awaiting us and saying ‘you’ve been through a lot, here’s your new home, you’re our new neighbor, you need water and you need food.’

WATCH:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qc2DFMBRoU#action=share

In a recent interview, Omar goes as far as to suggest that Israel is not a democracy.

She also compares the Jewish state to Iran.

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In 2016, Omar was elected to Congress. That year, nine Minnesota men were charged with plotting to join ISIS.

Omar, who has blasted Israel for a good long while and has been photographed with some questionable personalities, asked the judge to show “compassion.”

From Fox 9:

Rep. Omar asked Judge Davis for “compassion” and a “restorative approach to justice,” concluding that “this ruling can set a precedent and has the potential to be a landmark case in addressing extremism.”

In 2012, Ilhan Omar tweeted about the “evil doings of Israel.”

She may not have imagined she’d one day be elected to Congress, forced to answer for her words.

https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/269488770066313216?%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E269488770066313216&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fflagandcross.flywheelsites.com%2Fmuslim-dem-asked-judge-for-compassion-after-men-charged-with-planning-to-join-isis%2F

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About the Author:
John Salvatore has been a Writer and Editor of multiple political blogs since early 2015. He earned his Master’s degree in Public Administration upon completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science. A diehard Los Angeles Dodgers fan, John can be reached at [email protected].




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