So here's where we're at: newly-minted Representative Ilhan Omar made a number of public statements that came across as highly antisemitic. She claimed that the only reason Congress supports Israel is because a Jewish lobby bribes them to and accused Jewish members of Congress of putting their loyalty to Israel ahead of their loyalty to the US. Her statements were bad enough to win the approval of former KKK member David Duke.
Rep, Omar is brand new to Congress but she has experience as a elected official so she should know that you don't start insulting minorities in public. Apparently she's so much in the antisemitic bubble that she ca't help herself.
Speaker Pelosi attempted a mild rebuke by introducing a blanket resolution condemning antisemitism. It didn't mention Omar by name but we all know why she proposed it. But then Omar's supporters rallied to her defense. Rater than pushing ahead, Pelosi sent the resolution to the Foreign Relations Committee for "editing". Omar is a member of that committee meaning that she got to rewrite the document that was meant as a rebuke for her antisemitism. The new version still condemned antisemitism but added in anti-Muslim and white supremacy in, too. It passed, of course, and Omar claimed victory for getting the first pro-Muslim resolution passed by the House.
So, instead of rebuking Omar, they made her a hero. And, faced with increasing charges of antisemitism within their ranks, the Democrats could not straight-out say it's bad.
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