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Behind the Aegis

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Thu Mar 7, 2019, 06:47 AM Mar 2019

(Jewish Group) The Left Is Making Jews Choose: Our Progressive Values Or Ourselves

(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)

In the past three weeks, Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar attempted to discuss the U.S.-Israel relationship three times. And each time, her words descended into anti-Semitic tropes.

“It’s all about the Benjamins!” She wrote in a now deleted tweet, misconstruing the Israel Lobby in a way that evoked the anti-Semitic trope of Jewish money controlling the levers of power.

“I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is O.K. for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country,” she said at a town hall meeting, evoking the anti-Semitic canard of dual loyalties.

“I should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country,” she tweeted, since “our democracy is built on debate,” again evoking the idea that there are sinister forces at work demanding allegiance to Israel that undermine U.S. democracy.

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From Linda Sarsour:
This is why we wanted Congresswoman Barbara Lee to be the Speaker of the House and “progressives” were like nah, Pelosi is a leader and omg you should see how she claps. What a clap!

Nancy is a typical white feminist upholding the patriarchy doing the dirty work of powerful white men. God forbid the men are upset - no worries, Nancy to the rescue to stroke their egos.

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