KEEP DIGGING: Jim Clyburn comes to the defense of Ilhan Omar, ends up insulting Holocaust survivors instead

House Whip Jim Clyburn came to the defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar in an interview with The Hill, but somehow made things worse as he said that her experience as a Somali refugee is “more personal” than American Jews who lost family members in the Holocaust because that happened many years ago:

Jim Clyburn's defense: Ilhan Omar's experience is 'more personal' than Jews who had parents in the Holocaust https://t.co/a2RRFlEUus

— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) March 7, 2019

Deeply offensive statement from Clyburn, who argues that Omar should be given a free pass bc she fled Somolia. “There are people who tell me, ‘Well, my parents are Holocaust survivors.’ ‘My parents did this.’ It’s more personal with her" https://t.co/a2RRFlEUus

— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) March 7, 2019

FFS:

Call me naive, but I never expected “Well, the Holocaust was a long time ago” defense of @Ilhan. But here we are. https://t.co/haYJE70vjF

— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) March 7, 2019

Keep digging, Dems:

Wooooooooow Clyburn tells *Holocaust survivors* to check their privilege.

Would appreciate if Democrats, in the process of endorsing rancid antisemitism, would refrain from also spitting on my relatives’ graves. https://t.co/8wRC3Jo0Jb

— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) March 7, 2019

You know who else fled Somalia? Ayaan Hirsi Ali. And she calls Israel the “only functioning state in the Middle East.” https://t.co/Uyb2vyB0UN

— Patterico (@Patterico) March 7, 2019

We expect he walks this back eventually:

We're getting into some weird areas with this whole thing now. https://t.co/qintOgESqS

— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) March 7, 2019

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And, of course, there’s that Louis Farrakhan connection again:

"[I]n July 2000, Mr. @WhipClyburn, then CBC chairman, formed a partnership with Mr. Farrakhan's Million Family March." – from my January op-ed at @WSJ https://t.co/EbQ1ZVZTOK

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) March 7, 2019

"In 2005 Mr. Clyburn became chairman of the Democratic Caucus. The same year, photojournalist Askia Muhammad reported that “practically all 43 CBC members” (including then-Sen. Barack Obama) met Mr. Farrakhan in preparation for the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March."

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) March 7, 2019

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Related:

Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam comes to the defense of Ilhan Omar https://t.co/IimfqaORNF

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 7, 2019