Jim Clyburn's defense: Ilhan Omar's experience is 'more personal' than Jews who had parents in the H

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Jim Clyburn's defense: Ilhan Omar's experience is 'more personal' than Jews who had parents in the Holocaust
by Philip Klein
 | March 07, 2019 07:47 AM



As Democrats line up to defend Rep. Ilhan Omar and come up with her excuses for her anti-Semitism, House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., tried to minimize her comments by arguing that she escaped violence in Somalia, so her experience was "more personal" than Jews who merely had parents survive the Holocaust.

The Hill reports, "Clyburn came to Omar’s defense Wednesday, lamenting that many of the media reports surrounding the recent controversy have omitted mentioning that Omar, who was born in Somalia, had to flee the country to escape violence and spent four years in a Kenyan refugee camp before coming to the United States."

The article quotes Clyburn as saying, “There are people who tell me, ‘Well, my parents are Holocaust survivors.’ ‘My parents did this.’ It’s more personal with her ... I’ve talked to her, and I can tell you she is living through a lot of pain.”

This has to be one of the more bizarre efforts to protect somebody who has repeatedly peddled the worst anti-Semitic tropes, despite multiple interventions by people explaining exactly why her words were offensive. The implication is that because Omar fled Somalia she gets a free pass to target another religious minority.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/jim-clyburns-defense-ilhan-omars-experience-is-more-personal-than-jews-who-had-parents-in-the-holocaust

[Sanguine]

One by one the blinders fall off.

[skeeter]

One by one the blinders fall off.

They certainly are.

And at an accelerating rate.

[LMAO]

They certainly are.

And at an accelerating rate.

And eventually going to be low hanging fruits if the Republican Party is willing to pick them

[goatprairie]

And eventually going to be low hanging fruits if the Republican Party is willing to pick them

Well, I don't know...some of them don't want to be called  islamophobes, racists, or misogynists. They have their phony, baloney jobs to think about, and well, it's more important to be liked by the liberal media than to stand up for principles.
In short, I have little confidence in Republicans managing to take advantage of the craven lowlifes in the Dem Party.