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In reply to the discussion: Rep. Omar is starting to get on my last nerve... [View all]
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/03/08/ilhan-omar-dean-phillips-minnesota-democratic-party-225696
The Democrats Dilemma
What Ilhan Omar and Dean Phillips tell us about the future of the Democratic Party.
By TIM ALBERTA
March 08, 2019
The Democrats Dilemma
What Ilhan Omar and Dean Phillips tell us about the future of the Democratic Party.
By TIM ALBERTA
March 08, 2019
As the Somali population in her city continued to swell, so did the young activists discontent. By the time she ran for office in 2016, knocking off a 22-term incumbent to win a seat in the Minnesota statehouse, Omar was fed upnot so much with Trumpism, or with politics in general, as with the Democratic Party.
As she saw it, the party ostensibly committed to progressive values had become complicit in perpetuating the status quo. Omar says the hope and change offered by Barack Obama was a mirage. Recalling the caging of kids at the U.S.-Mexico border and the droning of countries around the world on Obamas watch, she argues that the Democratic president operated within the same fundamentally broken framework as his Republican successor.
We cant be only upset with Trump. His policies are bad, but many of the people who came before him also had really bad policies. They just were more polished than he was, Omar says. And thats not what we should be looking for anymore. We dont want anybody to get away with murder because they are polished. We want to recognize the actual policies that are behind the pretty face and the smile.
As she saw it, the party ostensibly committed to progressive values had become complicit in perpetuating the status quo. Omar says the hope and change offered by Barack Obama was a mirage. Recalling the caging of kids at the U.S.-Mexico border and the droning of countries around the world on Obamas watch, she argues that the Democratic president operated within the same fundamentally broken framework as his Republican successor.
We cant be only upset with Trump. His policies are bad, but many of the people who came before him also had really bad policies. They just were more polished than he was, Omar says. And thats not what we should be looking for anymore. We dont want anybody to get away with murder because they are polished. We want to recognize the actual policies that are behind the pretty face and the smile.
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Me too. I'm tired of coming up with excuses for her behavior. Think before you speak.
trueblue2007
Mar 2019
#109
I gave her the benefit of the doubt the first time, and the second time, but now this is the fourth!
George II
Mar 2019
#57
i was SO hoping for some PEACE after the Blue Wave.. was I wrong to wish for this?
samnsara
Mar 2019
#4
The only separations were when the children were thought to be in danger from the adults....
George II
Mar 2019
#108
So, criticizing Obama is "fair game" but Omar is not? Did you read what she said....
George II
Mar 2019
#85
Calling the "hope and change" offered by Obama was a freaking mirage? Did she sleep....
George II
Mar 2019
#58
How can we talk about changing bad policies if we're dedicated to "sides" and one side being always
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2019
#32
I see her future and it's one-term. She talks too much and rarely listens n/t
monmouth4
Mar 2019
#90
Obama isn't president anymore. Changing policies NOW is one thing, bashing Obama....
George II
Mar 2019
#81
She was also talking about "caging" children which NEVER happened under Obama, NEVER!
George II
Mar 2019
#112
Families were separated only when the government felt the adult that children were with...
George II
Mar 2019
#124
She claimed that the hope and change we got from Obama was just a mirage!! SHE is saying...
George II
Mar 2019
#62
If we can't accept that oppressive systems are used by both Democrats and Republicans,
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2019
#17
Of course not, but I think it's a fair standard for Democratic politicians
marylandblue
Mar 2019
#52
That was insulting. No question. I know they have zeal/passion in their quest for office but, 🙄.
sprinkleeninow
Mar 2019
#111
Not when they're factually wrong on a policy. Making crap up is something well leave to MAGA
uponit7771
Mar 2019
#118
Equating Obama and Trump -- and that's what she did -- would get you banned from DU
onenote
Mar 2019
#43
Anti-Semitism and lies about President Obama are all too common in our system
tritsofme
Mar 2019
#47
An elected official speaking openly is not a candid discussion with friends
bigbrother05
Mar 2019
#48
sounds like a lot of the same low grade pablum I heard in the fall of 2016.
BannonsLiver
Mar 2019
#74
"Defending your own" is a discipline, and it's one big reason why Republicans win so often.
VOX
Mar 2019
#98
Is she saying she was misquoted? If so, she should publish a transcript and demand a retraction.
lapucelle
Mar 2019
#123