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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/03/kevin-mccarthy-is-lying-about-ilhan-omar.htmlKevin McCarthy Is Lying About Ilhan Omar
He says she made derogatory comments about Jews. Hes really covering for his party.
By William Saletan
March 12, 2019
2:55 PM
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When McCarthy said on Friday that Omar had questioned the ability of an American to have allegiance to America if they were Jewish, he was responding to a reporters query. The reporter had asked whether Republicans were hypocritical to accuse Omar of invoking anti-Semitic tropes, given that those very same tropes were advanced by Republicans in attacking people like George Soros. One of the guilty Republicans is McCarthy, who tweeted just before the November midterms, We cannot allow Soros, [Tom] Steyer, and [Michael] Bloomberg to BUY this election! Another is Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, who accused a Jewish congressman last week of jumping to Tom $teyers conclusion. If Omars tweet about the Benjamins was anti-Semitic, so were Jordans and McCarthys.
McCarthy doesnt want to admit that. So he pretends that Omar, unlike Jordan and himself, has explicitly targeted Jews.
Republicans arent just hypocritical about alluding to Jewish money. Theyre also hypocritical about questioning peoples allegiance based on ethnicity. In June 2016, Donald Trump, who was then a candidate for president, accused a Mexican-American judge of treating him unfairly because Were building a wall. Hes a Mexican. A month later, McCarthy went to the Republican National Convention as a delegate for Trump. Alongside McCarthy in Trumps California delegation was Rep. Duncan Hunter, who won re-election last fall by airing an ad that accused his Palestinian Mexican opponent of plotting to infiltrate Congress. Hunter also distributed a letter that suggested his opponent might compromise U.S. operations to protect his family in the Middle East. If McCarthy had any scruples about questioning the allegiance of Americans, he would have spoken up. He said nothing.
If you want to know what McCarthy really believes, dont listen to what he says about Omar. Listen to what he says about himself. Last month on Fox News, he was asked to explain his tweet about Soros, Steyer, and Bloomberg. McCarthy said he had only meant to point out that Bloomberg had spent a lot of money to help Democrats. That had nothing to do about faith, the congressman insisted.
Omar has a lot to learn. Shes an ideologue, and like her counterparts on the right, she can be self-righteous and mean. She seems obtuse to the fears of American Jews, who worry that the Democratic Party, like Britains Labour Party, could become a forum for anti-Semites. But the points shes raising about Israeli policies, pro-Israel donors, and unconditional American support for Israel are legitimate. She has condemned bigotry, and she has never disparaged Jews. Yes, she should have spoken more carefully. But if she deserves censure, so do her Republican colleagues.
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Kevin McCarthy Is Lying About Ilhan Omar (Original Post)
babylonsister
Mar 2019
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onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)1. Liar and republican is synonymous.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)2. Yup
seems to be the case anymore.
lancelyons
(988 posts)3. Send that to Nancy and the media put it out there.
lastlib
(22,981 posts)4. GOPher Is Lying. In Other News,....
Water Is Wet, The Sky Is Blue.....
ck4829
(34,977 posts)5. K&R
Vinca
(50,172 posts)6. The whole GOP should STFU about Omar as long as they cover for Trump.