Rep. Ilhan Omar is demanding that Congress censure a colleague over offensive remarks. This is a real demand happening right now, and reporters write about her demands without peppering their prose with incredulous exclamation marks.
House progressives, in fact, are reportedly planning to introduce a resolution that would strip Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of committee assignments over her stupid and bigoted joke about Omar.
“I have had a conversation with the speaker, and I’m very confident that she will take decisive action next week,” Omar had the temerity to tell CNN’s Jake Tapper on Dec. 5. The same congresswoman, who claimed criticism about her smear that Jews were brainwashing the world was “all about the Benjamins,” says it’s “important for us to say this kind of language, this kind of hate cannot be condoned by the House of Representatives, and we should punish and sanction Boebert by stripping her of her committees, by rebuking her language, by doing everything that we can to send a clear and decisive message to the American public that if the Republicans are not going to be adults and condemn this, that we are going to do that.”
First of all, Democrats have already created a new norm, stripping Reps. Paul Gosar and the Rothschild-laser-curious Marjorie Taylor Greene of committee seats. They probably deserved this. And if Republicans have any spine, they will, perhaps as early as 2022, begin throwing Jew-baiting progressives and conspiracy theorists such as Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib off their perches, as well. Democrats struggle to comprehend that they won’t be in perpetual power.
“Inaction is to be complicit in Islamaphobia,” adds Rep. Ayanna Pressley, herself a font of ugly racial-identity-obsessed notions. If so, is the House of Representatives complicit in anti-Semitism when it fails to ensure a member who tells us she gets a “calming feeling” when thinking about the Holocaust’s aftermath? Are Democrats complicit when they fail to condemn a colleague who says the people “behind the curtain” who want to stop a “free Palestine” are the “same people” who exploit “regular Americans” for “their profit”? Jews, after all, are the most targeted religious group in hate crimes, and it’s not even a close contest.
You may recall a few years back when the Democratic Party-backed out of censuring Omar for her numerous repulsive comments because of “fierce backlash” from the Congressional Black Caucus (a group whose members have held strategy sessions and meetings with Louis Farrakhan, because the normalization of certain kinds of hatreds is nothing new on the left). Censures and resolutions are almost always useless exercises in political theater. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi showed a special kind of creativity when she decided to reprimand Omar with a watered-down, platitudinous “anti-hate” resolution, which mentions Alfred Dreyfus, Leo Frank, Henry Ford, and “anti-Muslim bigotry,” but not Omar.
Parties are reluctant to censure their own members, no matter how odious the words, as that sort of thing telegraphs weakness and upsets the base — and the opposition likes to exaggerate the influence of backbenchers. Take the Washington Post’s partisan pseudo journalist Greg Sargent, who absurdly argues that Boebert et al portend emerging Republican attitudes. Certainly, the faction is not irrelevant, but it’s wishful thinking to say that they will “continue gaining adherents and intensity.” Not a single one of these Republicans is driving any serious policy initiatives. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy certainly isn’t posing with Greene and Boebert on the cover of Rolling Stone in their “Women Shaping the Future” issue.
The Squad, who are surely “gaining adherents and intensity” as moderate Democrats shed seats due to the party’s progressive turn, already have outsized power. They can stop bills right now. A few months ago, they nearly sunk funding for Israel’s defensive Iron Dome system, perhaps the only spending that Squad members passionately oppose. (Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was in tears because she had abstained from cutting off spending on a system that saves thousands of lives.) The Biden administration already uses Ocasio-Cortez’s branding for its climate change agenda, and virtually every Democrat defends the administration’s every move. These are consequential politicians treated with reverence by the press.
That said, the cynical effort to focus on the most absurd members of the opposition party is nothing new — especially as a means of deflecting attention away from your own problems. But when your champion is one of the most repugnant voices in Washington, the effort is transparently preposterous.
David Harsanyi is a senior writer at National Review.
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To paraphrase what we learned in high school Latin class, “All [Gall] is divided into [four] parts”.
(In this case, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley.)
Whatever happened to the Somalian style of politics Omar used in her district to get fraudulently reelected again & again, yet she is still there spilling forth her venom against the Jews or in this case, against the patriotic Rep. Lauren Boebert… This bigot, i.e. Omar along with her other ( 3 ) anti-American cohorts, aka the Squad should have been sent packing long before now…
No good will ever come from Omar in particular along with her brother husband…
The SQUAD as a whole need to be REMOVED from office, permanently…
Bill on the Hill…
I oppose the extreme left and extreme right as both extremes do not seek compromise or unity in the middle but are narcissists that “cannot do wrong” or just ignore evil. Maybe a bit of narcissism is required of great leaders.
What an evil, ugly hatemonger! Omar is just another crook living high off our tax dollars. It is an indication of the moral rot of American society that this creature actually has a constituency.
Democrats want to be the only people allowed to say nasty things about others.
If you say nasty things about democrats, you commit a crime and are punished.
That’s what they mean by equity.
Assuming the election was not rigged which is improbable..we elected this trash…..
Democrats are delusional idiots.
And according to the Daily Mail, no more needs to be said.
The country is really screwed up if you’re a
democrat you can do and say almost anything
if you’re a Republican you can’t say anything against
the worthless leftist liberal democrats
the double standard is really wearing on the American public.
As Andrew Wilkow says…..if democrats didn’t have a double standard they would have no standard at all. This is so absurd in light of what this female has done and said over her tenure. .
How about some Ilhan Omar quotable quotes:
“We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban, I asked [Secretary of State Antony Blinken] where people are supposed to go for justice.”
The U.S. was “underwriting crimes against humanity” through support for Israel and that there needed to be “accountability for every war crime committed.”
“Here’s the truth: Far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen and, frankly, I’m tired of it, and every single Muslim in this country should be tired of it. CAIR was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something, and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties,”
I could go on, but I think its pretty obvious the sanctions for speaking out and offending others is one-side only….and it ain’t her side.
Why is this illegal immigrant if government?
Need to be rid of this whore of mohammad now?
I’m growing tired of these smiling through their teeth, backstabbing, hypocritical progressives.
They have no respect for our laws, our rights, or our country.
Why are a lot of these people in office,the squad,all of them,peeloosi,nadler,joey,harris and many more.If these entities represent their constituents,our country is doomed.
There is good reason for we U.S. citizens to be “Islamaphobic”. They murdered 3,000 citizens on 9/11/2001 and in my state of Arizona there have been 2 cases of Muslim fathers killing their own daughters for not obeying Sharia law. It is sickening that we have a militant Muslin such as she in our government making laws for our country.
I don’t know how this person was elected by her peers! All she does is badmouth everyone and if anyone dare say something to her she wants them gone! Get her off the floor!
Omar is a despicable human being; fraud and cheating are her best skills. She needs to go and fast. The woman doesn’t belong in any position of influence, let alone hold a seat in OUR Congress. What the Hell is the matter with Minnesota voters? Oh yes, Obama imported the Somalis who supported this demon.
My thought would have been a pressure cooker since we are in America, but a backpack works too!
I’m embarrassed to say that Omar is the representative in the district that I live in and why is she? We live in an upscale suburb, however, unfortunately, Minneapolis is also included in our district. I never voted for her, nor would I. The Minneapolis district is home to all the somali refugees that were imported into Minnesota, thanks to all the democrats that waived them in with open arms. Thus, that is how she, shall we say, cheated her way in, thru her family of somali friends. She is an embarrassment and a disgrace to our country. She needs to be removed for what she has said and done. Shameful.
A TRUE MALIGNANT CANCEROUS TUMOR LIKE ALL liberals
WHY IS she ALLOWED TO BREATHE ?
HOPEFULLY, COVID WILL ATTACK her AND she NO LONGER IS HERE
Omar, has been known to fowl mouth other groups and she expects/demands forgiveness if she only says ‘sorry’. Yet, if another member of the gov’t mention anything that may appear to resemble herself ‘Omar’ then she feels she it superior and may make demands to have the other person demonized. I say shame on Omar.
I don’t know how she stays in Congress with her hatred of America and how can people vote for this traitor to our country. She should be investigated on how she even got into this country!!!
Omar? was that incest with her brother or did she just choose to be his whore? Now she wants to be in the position of condemning others? She ought to be back where she came from sucking water out of a mud hole taking sandy cortez and the other two with her, but hen what more can one really expect out of this cheap jezebel? Before she went to congress no one was allowed to wear any type of head covering period. So what changed? I’m looking forward to 2022 when we can take back control of both houses and get a muzzle on this side show in the circus.
Every time you see or hear her visualize her married to her brother. That behavior alone negates her in every way shape or form.
Omar is on a list of “WRONGS” that the next Congress (Republican) with “RIGHT”. But you know what really errs me more than having to look at and listen to this Anti American, Anti Semitic waste of human flesh??!!!! She will be receiving Pension and Tax Benefits and Health Benefits that all members of Congress get upon leaving office.
…is the House of Representatives complicit in anti-Semitism when it fails to ensure a member…
Wonder if the underlined word is censure?
“An Islamic Woman of Color” protected by the MSM and allowed to spew all kinds of trash is offended by so many things and expects that everyone else should join her? Her supporters are having a political orgasm over her MSM recognition. She got here because of the largess of this country and has the nerve to trash this place. GARBAGE CRAP UNGRATEFUL PERSON. This comment will not see the light of day.
Many people that come here for better life start to complain and demand to be acomodated to the way of life they escaped there is not one person to tell them to adapt or go back that is the problem there are no expectations except on our part
Lauren Boebert is a God fearing real American. Salt of the earth American. Who knows what this thing is or stands for. ILL-HAM appears to be an American in name only, like a lot of Democrats. How the heck did she get elected to Congress with what she has said, what she stands for, and things she has done? She is another reason for REAL immigration law enforcement/reform…..to protect our democracy, our way of life, our liberty, and the social fabric of our nation. Unfortunately it appears to be too late any for that.
Why not get rid of ilan omar. It appears that the left cannot get cencored but if anyone on the right hickups then they are in trouble. And ilan wonders why we don’t like her
$ballot harvesting
We are known as the welfare state. Did I hear we will now be overrun by unvetted afghans too now? if so-smile and say – Thank you Walz.
Mentally Ilhan Omar is a reprobate. Why is she in this country? Refugee, married her brother to defraud immigration, given an education on US Taxpayer dime, she shows her gratitude by trying to destroy the United States from within our Congress.
She should be investigated for her apparent felonies, stripped of her citizenship and deported back to Kenya or her home spawning ground Somalia.
Omar is just another dumb ass towel head. Kyle L.
what do you expect from a nazi/commie whore
We’ve all been dropped down the rabbit hole. Queen of Hearts is running congress, the Chesser Cat is running the senate, and the Mad Hatter is in the White House. If this country full of SHEEP allows this to continue, start looking for Texas to succeed and throw the BETO’s , Sheila Jackson Lee’s, and all the rest of the race baiters out when we do.
WE have allowed this to happen by doing away with standards. The ‘MSM’ no longer broadcasts news – it’s now all propaganda. The rule of law only applies to conservative thought. AND the Emperor has a new suit, that he can’t show in public. I’m actually embarrassed to say I’m an American due to the guilt by association of the former vice president usurping the oval office.
I heard Rep. Boebert relate the particulars of the incident on The Dan Binging Show. I thought her comment was funny, and take exception to David Harsanyi’s characterization of Ms. Boebert’s comment as stupid, and his call for the Republican leadership to grow a spine and strip her of her House assignments. Ms. Boebert, of her own volition called raghead Omar and apologized for her comment. Omar refused to accept the apology, and is pushing things beyond the bounds of decency.
Perhaps the Republican leaders should grow a spine and investigate Omar’s marriage to her brother and the subsequent lying that ensued on her citizenship application.
The question is who in our government is behind the wholesale importation of hostile third world moslems who multiply quickly. A teacher friend told me how she was regularly disrespected by the young male versions of omar. People in our state department are behind this and behind their specific geographic placement.
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This is the same woman that married her brother to get into the USA …this is rich!!
It’s a damned shame we no longer use tarring and feathering as well as horse whipping for bringing extreme behavior under control. I cannot imagine a better example than Omar being tarred, feathered and then run out of town on a rail.
This lady represents exactly what the divisive,hateful democrat party is!
They whine about others while they practice bigotry, racial, religious and ethnic hate speech.
The democrats are dishonest, two-faced marxist traitors.
They ALL need to be removed!
The only reason Ilhan Omar is here is because her sugar daddy obummer brought a bunch of them over and planted them in minnesota. Now they own a district with an extremist muslim that defames everyone around. The omar muslins are the problem.
I’m sorry but I am irritated by this. When was Adam Schiff criticized by Congress for promoting a two-year false assertion of Russian collusion against President Trump? When was Nancy Pelosi criticized for tearing up a State of the Nation speech in front of the entire world? When was anyone in the democrat party criticized for their outrageous actions – their ant-Semitism – marrying their brother – declaring the police the enemy of the people? The Republicans need to grow a spine and treat their democrat colleagues like the democrats treat the Republicans when in power. There are two standards of behavior in Congress. Let’s all do the democrat one and forget the morality followed by the GOP.
Ilhan Omar needs to go. We do not need people like her in any position of influence and / or power. Who are the idiots that voted for her in the first place? Or is she another stolen seat by the mysterious ballot appearance and disappearances done by the Democrats?
So they say (the liberal racist demonrats) that Lauren Boebert should be removed but on the other side of their mouths they praise and support omar for attacking Jews? This nation needs a Patriotic uprising in the worst way. We need to stand on G-ds authority, and win back our Nation.