This is a must-read thread from Opinion Editor at the Forward, Batya Ungar-Sargo who is a “lefty”:
Thread from a lefty —>>> https://t.co/vUEccCRxUz
— (((Jason Epstein))) (@Southfive) August 20, 2019
THREAD ==>
Ok, Democrats: It's been a couple of days since 2 Congresswomen shared a cartoon by a notorious anti-Semite. Will a single one of you stand up for your Jewish constituents and the non-Jewish ones who abhor hate? Or is the new standard if Trump attacks you you're beyond reproach? https://t.co/N74fpVHdX5
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) August 20, 2019
(Note the retweet here by Ilhan Omar where Ungar-Sargo is accused of peddling “disingenuous antisemitism”:
A U.S. elected official sharing the work of Mondoweiss. You just hate to see it. Will any Democrats call this out or nah? pic.twitter.com/dGmSmf5WqW
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) August 20, 2019
Man, people out here saying this particular cartoon isn't anti-Semitic (it is) — so you would have shared it yourself? Of course you wouldn't. You didn't. So elected officials now are held to a lower standard? GTFO with that. They have Jewish constituents!
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) August 20, 2019
The blatant disregard for the well-being of American Jews, and the defense of that disregard as a moral virtue, is not something I thought I would see in my lifetime. It's really hard to accept that it's happening.
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) August 20, 2019
Rep. Omar is attacking a potential ally over this awful cartoon? It’s an error, to say the least:
Add to Ilhan Omar's bag of unforced errors the fact that she chose to go after Batya Ungar-Sargon – someone could have easily been a strong ally of hers. But I guess she's just a secret Zionist agent like the rest of us.
— neontaster (@neontaster) August 20, 2019
The left keeps giving Omar chances to refute the claims against her with actions and she passes on literally all of them.
— neontaster (@neontaster) August 20, 2019
It’s a pattern:
it’s not that she passes on them, it’s that she runs in the opposite direction!
— Josh Perry (@MrJoshPerry) August 20, 2019
Over to you, Nancy Pelosi:
And yet there remain no consequences so… ?
— (((Jason Epstein))) (@Southfive) August 20, 2019
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Related:
SQUIRREL! Ilhan Omar won’t condemn Palestinian Authority for outright BANNING LGBT activities, squawks ‘BUT ISRAEL’ https://t.co/0fxZNcW5Eu
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 20, 2019
Unhinged Peter Beinart stoops to demented lows to defend Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib’s anti-Semitism; Rich Lowry schools https://t.co/z8vUpKVpBZ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 20, 2019
Rep. Ilhan Omar says the United States should reconsider aid to Israel https://t.co/KJbetCSHtq
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 20, 2019