Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who just barely survived a primary election challenge last year in her deep-blue Minneapolis district, is best known nationally for her repeated antisemitic comments. Her House colleagues brought a resolution to the floor specifically addressing her antisemitism. Democratic leaders knew she was in the wrong, and they proved as much when, in order to spare themselves even worse embarrassment, they brought their own watered-down resolution that avoided getting too close to the mark with respect to Omar’s antisemitism.
Omar has repeatedly insinuated that American Jews and Jewish lawmakers have dual loyalties to the United States and Israel — which is not a criticism of Israel, but a classic antisemitic trope about Jews being disloyal to the countries they live in. You can’t spell that out too much more clearly than Omar did when she said in a town hall meeting, “I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is OK to push for the allegiance to a foreign country.”
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Omar also once tweeted that “it’s all about the Benjamins baby,” insinuating that it is Jewish money, not any sincere belief in the Israeli cause widely shared in both parties, that manipulates and determines congressional action (and public opinion, for that matter) on foreign affairs in Israel’s favor.
Several years ago, Omar stated on…
