(Official Washington Examiner editorial, Aug. 12) Alas, Minnesota Democrats didn’t listen to reason; they re-nominated Rep. Ilhan Omar on Aug. 13. But this was what the Examiner wrote the day before.
Voters in Minneapolis have a chance in Tuesday’s primary to defeat Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) bid for renomination, thus extending a growing voter backlash against the most radically leftist Democrats in Congress.
The Minnesota voters would be following the lead of Missouri Democrats who voted to evict Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) on Aug. 6, as well as New York Democrats who chose to oust Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) in June. Like Bush and Bowman, Omar has built a record that can fairly be described as hateful and antisemitic.
Omar has repeatedly tweeted vile tropes about Jews supposedly buying influence, has referred to Jewish students as being “pro-genocide,” and has essentially equated “the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban” as all being in the same category of proneness to commit “unthinkable atrocities.” She associates with and helps raise funds for antisemitic groups, some with close financial ties with terrorism, and then has her aides lie about it. And those are just a few examples.
On other matters, Omar has voted against funding for U.S. defense and homeland security, against denouncing the murderous horrors of socialism, against denouncing violence committed against police, and even against a measure to develop a strategy to strengthen cooperation with Mexico. In all those cases, she voted against overwhelming, bipartisan majorities.
Key groups representing manufacturers, builders and contractors, independent businesses, and even bakers have given her ratings of absolute zero, meaning she is radically against the nation’s key job creators. And on almost every issue imaginable, she rates not just as liberal but as an extremist…. [To read the full editorial, you can follow this link.]
