In the last week, there was a storm of anger over the repeated anti-Semitic statements made by Democrat congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. The Democrat leadership in the House prepared to pass a resolution in the House condemning Omar by name as well as condemning anti-Semitism. Then there was a counterstorm led by the far, far left wing of the Democrat party. People like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders came out defending Omar and her anti-Semitic statements. That forced Speaker Pelosi and the other Democrat leaders to back away from condemning Omar and to instead put forward a weak, general resolution that basically says "The House doesn't support bigotry of any kind." In other words, Omar got away without any punishment and the Democrats showed how divided and leaderless they really are.
Well, it didn't take long for Omar to take advantage of the situation. Today, in an interview, Omar said that president Obama was nothing more than "a pretty face" who "got away with murder." She called his "hope and change" agenda a "cruel illusion." Omar also said that Obama's policies like caging kids at the border and drone strikes on terrorists around the world were much the same as President Trump's policies but that Obama was just more polished in presenting them. In other words, Omar launched a nuclear strike on Obama and his legacy.
It serves the Democrats right for letting this bigot get away with her hateful attacks on Jews and others. Now she's going for their hero. Personally, I don't care if she trashes Obama, but I wonder how the average Democrat voter feels about that.
In my opinion, Omar has gone off the deep end. Simply put, she's so busy spewing hatred that she's nothing more than a bomb waiting to explode. The House Democrats could have taken steps to disarm that bomb, but instead they lit the fuse.
UPDATE: Within three hours of the interview discussed above being publicized, Omar came out with a statement in which she claimed to be a big fan of Obama. She also said that she was misquoted and taken out of context. To prove her point, she attached two minutes of audio from the interview, but that audio just proved that the initial reports about the interview were correct and Omar was just trying to lie her way out of a tight situation.
Well, it didn't take long for Omar to take advantage of the situation. Today, in an interview, Omar said that president Obama was nothing more than "a pretty face" who "got away with murder." She called his "hope and change" agenda a "cruel illusion." Omar also said that Obama's policies like caging kids at the border and drone strikes on terrorists around the world were much the same as President Trump's policies but that Obama was just more polished in presenting them. In other words, Omar launched a nuclear strike on Obama and his legacy.
It serves the Democrats right for letting this bigot get away with her hateful attacks on Jews and others. Now she's going for their hero. Personally, I don't care if she trashes Obama, but I wonder how the average Democrat voter feels about that.
In my opinion, Omar has gone off the deep end. Simply put, she's so busy spewing hatred that she's nothing more than a bomb waiting to explode. The House Democrats could have taken steps to disarm that bomb, but instead they lit the fuse.
UPDATE: Within three hours of the interview discussed above being publicized, Omar came out with a statement in which she claimed to be a big fan of Obama. She also said that she was misquoted and taken out of context. To prove her point, she attached two minutes of audio from the interview, but that audio just proved that the initial reports about the interview were correct and Omar was just trying to lie her way out of a tight situation.
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