Ilhan Omar amplifies Israel dual loyalty charge, dismissing Democratic rebukes

[mystery-ak]

Ilhan Omar amplifies Israel dual loyalty charge, dismissing Democratic rebukes
by Joel Gehrke
 | March 03, 2019 05:28 PM



Rep. Ilhan Omar has intensified her claims that some Jewish lawmakers have a dual loyalty to Israel, rejecting criticism from Democratic colleagues that she is engaging in anti-Semitism.

“I should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on committee,” Omar tweeted Sunday afternoon. “I am told everyday that I am anti-American if I am not pro-Israel. I find that to be problematic and I am not alone. I just happen to be willing to speak up on it and open myself to attacks.”

Omar, an aggressive first-term Democrat hoping to bring left-wing views to the Foreign Affairs Committee, has drawn rebukes from Democratic leaders after her comments about the U.S.-Israel alliance. Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel, who is Jewish, urged her on Friday to apologize for suggesting that Israel supporters “push for allegiance to a foreign country,” a claim that he dubbed “a vile anti-Semitic slur.”

The criticism was stepped up Saturday, when the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee issued her own condemnation.

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[jmyrlefuller]

If you want to be suspicious of foreign double agents in our government, forget this whole Trump/Russia talk.

Ilhan Omar's policy reads right out of the Arab states' agendas. (For that matter, you can look at any Latin American socialist state and see their views proudly trumpted by AOC.)

[LMAO]

That forced apology was never going to last. Her anti-Semitic/anti-Zionist views are too deeply ingrained

[Sanguine]

Normally, when a democrat says something like this it's because they are the ones suffering from whatever it is they are accusing the other side of.  In this case, I think it's safe to say that Ms. Ilhan does not suffer from dual loyalties.  She appears to have no loyalty to the U. S. at all.