Ilhan Omar has a problem with Rand Paul. But her animosity evidently goes beyond just not liking what he says about her — it extends to rejoicing in his being assaulted.
Yesterday, Omar’s buddy and Al Jazeera English host Mehdi Hasan went to bat for her after Paul criticized her frequent disparaging remarks about America:
.@RandPaul on @IlhanMN: "I’m willing to contribute to buy her a ticket to visit #Somalia… she can look and maybe learn a little bit about the disaster that is Somalia." “After she’s visited Somalia she might come back and appreciate America more.” https://t.co/g4Hmw0J1HH pic.twitter.com/RKjSASWbne
— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) July 27, 2019
1) Paul claims Omar called America a ‘terrible country’. She never said it. A lie.
2) Paul hails America’s refugee record, ignoring the Muslim ban.
2) Omar has visited Somalia more than Paul has – & knows far more about it.
3) Paul’s dad published a white nationalist news letter https://t.co/jnZocmV9Pu— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) July 28, 2019
Tom Arnold decided to weigh in as well with a characteristically thoughtful response:
Imagine being Rand Paul's next door neighbor and having to deal with @RandPaul lying cowardly circular whiney bullcrap about lawn clippings. No wonder he ripped his toupee off.
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) July 29, 2019
Well, Ilhan Omar apparently thought that tweet was just what the doctor ordered, because she amplified it on her personal Twitter account:
Paul’s talk about chipping in for a ticket to send Omar to Somalia may not have been tasteful or helpful, but at least he wasn’t advocating for violence against her. For Omar to promote Arnold’s justification for the violent assault on Paul suggests that she’s not all that concerned about “incitement” as long as she’s the one doing the inciting.
Wow @IlhanMN just RT’d this tweet from Tom the lunatic Arnold justifying the violent attack on @RandPaul that left him with 6 broken ribs and fluid in his lungs. pic.twitter.com/2Z0Lrnn6vp
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) July 29, 2019
Why are you retweeting something like this?
— Paige Sullivan (@PaigeSully88) July 29, 2019
Because she’s a hypocritical, evil garbage person.
Thanks for proving the point that you all condone violence when it comes to dealing with conservatives.
— Jeff Strode (@StrodeJeff) July 29, 2019
Rep. Omar just RT’ed Tom Arnold mocking Rand Paul for being assaulted.
That seems…weird. Especially since she claims any criticism of her encourages violence. But actual violence is funny, I guess. pic.twitter.com/RN6CqK4K2f
— The Partyman (@PartymanRandy) July 29, 2019
So Congresswoman Omar is now retweeting those cheering on assaults against other members of Congress. Remember that simply citing her words is incitement, but this is apparently just fine?
Any firefighters on the scene? pic.twitter.com/A9jqAIyxZS
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) July 29, 2019
Incitement versus (apparently?) not incitement per @IlhanMN via @AG_Conservativehttps://t.co/zYr0iJTJv4https://t.co/DmQHjLYpyB pic.twitter.com/Ihq2jvP4Ou
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) July 29, 2019
Just imagine the media freakout if someone had assaulted Omar or another well-known Democrat and Trump retweeted something justifying the attack….
(and they would be right! but this double standard is why people tune them out even when their criticism of Trump is legitimate)
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) July 29, 2019
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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