'Trump is exporting his bigotry': AOC blasts Israel for banning Omar and Tlaib

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'Trump is exporting his bigotry': AOC blasts Israel for banning Omar and Tlaib
Dylan StablefordSenior Editor
,Yahoo News•August 15, 2019


Lawmakers and activists across the political spectrum deplored the Israeli government’s decision to bar Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., from entering the country at the urging of President Trump.

Those opposing the move included some allies of the administration, including Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

Omar and Tlaib, the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, are outspoken critics of both Israel and Trump, and members of the so-called “Squad” of four progressive freshmen U.S. congresswomen — Omar, Tlaib and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass. — who have been a target of Trump’s tweets.

The lawmakers had planned a trip to visit Palestinian cities on the West Bank. The Israeli government previously had said it would not block the trip.

Ocasio-Cortez criticized both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump for blocking Omar and Tlaib’s visit.

Members of Congress “are frequently asked to visit Israel to ‘see things for ourselves,’” she tweeted. “But Netanyahu choosing to ban the only 2 Muslim women in Congress from entering tells the U.S. that only some Americans are welcome to Israel, not all.”

She added: “Trump is exporting his bigotry & making matters worse.”

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[Kurt V.]

1. as i said right after she was elected, she's a natural in this sausage grinder called politics

[MyOwnPeace]

2. She is SO correct.........

and it blows the minds of the MAGAts!
The "senior congresspeople" of the Democratic party should be working hand-in-hand with her, supporting her and showing how she does represent so much of what the Democratic Party needs to become - a group that represents ALL Americans, not just the $$$ whites!