Ilhan Omar will tell you that it’s racist to ask her to condemn things like terrorism, communism, and female genital mutilation. But she’s got absolutely no problem with actual racism when it’s coming from her:
Ilhan Omar contends that Americans "should be more fearful of white men." pic.twitter.com/ot7PBF96P1
— Molly Prince (@mollyfprince) July 24, 2019
Here’s the full, unedited video — which doesn’t do Omar any favors (starts around the 6:00 mark):
It goes without saying that if a Republican politician had made that statement about a minority group, it would’ve (deservedly) been front-page news.
For everyone wondering why reporters have not been asking @IlhanMN to clarify her statements — we have been. pic.twitter.com/Dy0lUcO8dg
— Molly Prince (@mollyfprince) July 24, 2019
The footage above appears to be from a 2018 interview Omar did with Al Jazeera’s Mehdi Hasan. And, yet, somehow, it managed to fly under the radar all this time. Shouldn’t the Guardians of Truth have been all over this?
That was a rhetorical question, of course. Ilhan Omar counts on media firefighters not to hold her accountable for her bigotry. She spews anti-Semitic venom on a regular basis and the media ignore or rationalize it. Why should it be any different when she’s spewing racist venom?
— David Q (@DavidQ09) July 24, 2019
She has an interesting habit of smiling after saying something hateful.
— Joel (@PuritanJoel) July 24, 2019
I wonder is she fearful of the thousands and thousands of white males who died defending her right to say ridiculous things
— Arthur Raff (@ArkansasLawman) July 24, 2019
Why is she not repeatedly called out for her blatant racism?
— Rhonda (@rhoda412) July 24, 2019
Because, as we’ve seen all too many times, anyone who dares call her out will themselves be branded a racist. That’s just how the Squad operates — and what the media encourage.
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Update:
A day after Omar’s interview resurfaced, some are expressing skepticism about the way her remarks were characterized. We’ll post these tweets on the matter from Jeryl Bier:
I just watched the whole clip… her answer is in context of a hypothetical: "if fear was the driving force of policies to keep Americans safe, then…" perhaps some mitigation, but certainly could have been clearer.
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) July 25, 2019
For disclosure, I tweeted these but deleted them in favor of posting the entire interview. I still think @IlhanMN could have done better than flip the argument to "white men… are causing most of the deaths within this country". pic.twitter.com/zrWXRe3JTP
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) July 25, 2019
I deleted my tweets about the edited video of @IlhanMN, but she likes to be provocative, so even in context, her statements are ripe for use against her, like this March 2018 tweet: https://t.co/5BugRN6WG9
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) July 25, 2019
More from Josh Barro:
It's almost like the entire point of this statement was to make conservative men experience the stereotyping that Muslim people have to deal with. And it worked! pic.twitter.com/fijC4ejlNS
— Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt) July 25, 2019
Having watched the whole Omar clip, I think this is right. But it’s not really a defense of Omar. This is the woke version of “lol triggered.” She’s *not* explicitly saying “here’s an analogy about why this is bad.” She’s saying “if that’s your model, here’s who to be scared of.” https://t.co/nVt4Ra74b7
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) July 25, 2019
Moreover, Omar manages to rack up a lot of comments where people have to rush in and say “here’s what she *meant* to say.” Like the Benjamins thing.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) July 25, 2019
Yep. This is part of a pattern when it comes to Omar.
I see the media spent another day explaining what Ilhan Omar meant to say. When it comes to certain Democrats, they behave exactly like the Trump cultists they like to mock.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) July 25, 2019
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