Omar: 'I unequivocally apologize' after backlash over new Israel tweets

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  1. saveliberty

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    "Would love to know who @IlhanMN thinks is paying American politicians to be pro-Israel, though I think I can guess," Ungar-Sargon tweeted. "Bad form, Congresswoman. That's the second anti-Semitic trope you've tweeted."

    In response, Omar tweeted "AIPAC!" referring to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which regularly has been accused by progressives of agitating for a conflict with Iran.
     
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    So, then, you believe that refugees should only be accepted if they have usable skills? Do you understand the notion of 'refugee'?

    As for the current law regarding 'only family' - she came with her father - doesn't that qualify under your 'family' status?
     
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    That's anti-Semitic? AIPAC is a propaganda agent for Zionism. Where's the "anti-Semitic" stuff?
     
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    Well, mostly in your reply, but most of us can see it in the Congresswoman's comments too. Even Pelosi gets it.
     
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    It should be obvious to you by now that I would end the refugee loophole

    She and her father were admitted as refugees
     
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    Multiculturalism is a failure on so many levels.
     
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    Ok, so I'm right. The pro-Israel thugs have taken up the despotic strategy of intimidating anyone who may dare criticize Israel as being "anti-Semitic" and thereby scare them into silence.

    Do you realize how dangerous such a policy is in permitting the worst deeds and enabling them through fear? Don't you know we should discuss policy and not Blacks or Jews or Italians?
     
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    Just tweeting the letters AIPAC is (according to RW Chicken Littles) "Anti-Semitic".

    Talk about people obsessing and making a mountain out of a molehill

    This ongoing RW Attack, against Omar, (based on "Anti-Semitism") is some of the most Ludicrous RW BS that I have seen.
     
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    Great video. Democrats have a tendency to screw themselves - don't be too surprised if they give away the White House and Congress again.
     
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    :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :banana: :applause: :cheerleader: :clapping: :applause: :rock_slayer: :applause: :applause:
     
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    EXACTLY as I suspected.
     
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    some would readily agree with that:


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    Have heard what she has said and read what she has written. She is a Muslim trained from infancy to hate jews.
     
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    No, we have a right to freedom of speech. Sometimes it is better not to exercise that right.
     
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    proof, please
     
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    I hope that you are grateful to have been born and live in the US. That you are not a citizen of a sh!thole country that has been bombed beyond recognition. Or that you are not a citizen of the 'wrong color' in a country that seeks to wipe out that color.

    To those who are given much, much is expected. Whether you believe it or not - much HAS been given to America and Americans. Her geographical location on the planet allows for fertile lands to provide food and the surrounding seas provide abundant fishing. And the large, unified land mass has provided peace. And yes, the founding fathers worked to ensure ongoing peace. But to turn our backs on those who are born into less fortunate situations shows a lack of appreciation for our own good fortune.
     
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    I know, right?

    Think about the level of RW Obsession directed at her over this Ludicrous "Anti-Semitism" Narrative.

    She tweets 5 letters -- AIPAC (and according to the RW Fever Swamp she is now an "Anti-Semite" that makes Hitler look like David Ben-Gurion).

    Does the RW even realize how ridiculous they look with this absurd attack on Omar?
     
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    It is good to see there are some in the USA who are not buying into this antisemitism crap that try's to equate criticism of Israel with hating Jews. Ultimately it will backfire because it will make the term meaningless.
     
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    This especially true when our Founders asserted the need to provide for the general welfare and provided as an example Thomas Paine's ideas on basic income as a human right.
     
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    Exactly. But isn't it interesting (and convenient) how right wingers are so quick to cry "playing the race card" when it is supposedly done by blacks but they remain silent over those who play the anti-Semitic card.
     
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    Exactly.

    It isn't like this whole RW BS Charade is going to result in Jewish voters flocking to the GOP.
     
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    So strange we cant be critical of a countries policies without being called a bigot.....( no i dont agree with her)
     
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    I am grateful enough that I want future Americans to enjoy the same good fortune that I have

    If I lose this debate and America begins to look like the shitholes in the world future generations of Americans will curse both you and me

    But for different reasons
     
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    "With respect to the two words 'general welfare,' I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators."
    -- James Madison

    Funny how the Founders didn't include any mention, much less provision, of a basic income in our Bill of Rights.

    If you're unclear about their attitude towards socialism read Samuel Adams' position in my signature:

    visionary, impractical, arbitrary, despotic, and, in our government unconstitutional

    They were familiar with the proto-socialist movements in Europe and rejected them, which is why they built a nation based on individual freedom and limited government.
     
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    The “salad bowl” concept of immigration is a loser.

    The “melting pot” was a winner. Then we abandoned it in the name of multiculturalism. What a joke.
     

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