They're trying to get Ilhan Omar the fukk out of here...

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FAH1223 said:
No, she isn't. The GOP is putting stupid false outrage at every turn AND DELIBERATELY putting shyt out of context for clicks and headlines. Fukk them.



The supposedly controversial comments came in a speech Omar gave at a banquet for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim civil rights organization, in late March. In footage of the address uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday, Omar discusses the need for organizations like CAIR to ensure that Muslims writ large aren’t punished for the actions of a handful of extremists on 9/11.

“Far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen, and frankly, I’m tired of it, and every single Muslim in this country should be tired of it,” Omar said at the event. “CAIR was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties.”

Sounds harmless, right? But if stripped out of the context, Omar’s phrase “some people did something” can be spun as minimizing the significance of 9/11 for both the victims and the country writ large. This is not remotely accurate if you watch the full video, which I encourage you to do as a counterpoint to the out-of-context attacks. At the end, for example, she speaks movingly about how America’s national values motivated her family to immigrate to the United States.

“As an American member of Congress, I have to make sure I live up to the ideals of fighting for liberty and justice — those are very much rooted in the reason why my family came here,” she says.

Not exactly what an anti-American ideologue would say. But the full context hasn’t stopped Republicans from using the out-of-context version to bash Omar.
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Omar should know that though and same for AOC. They need to be very concise when they're speaking publicly. I realize they're "new" to this and see what the media is doing but they shoulder some of the blame unfortunately. She could have said the Saudi Government or Mossad or terrorists or whatever and we wouldn't be in this situation. Same for the AIPAC situation and getting the whole party labeled as anti-semites for months and giving the Republicans a distraction. Just say you're against lobbying and lay out why the majority of people will be on your side. It's really that f'ing simple.
They'er letting the Republicans use them.

It's also a bit hypocritical to blast the JDL and speak at CAIR.
 
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88m3 said:
Omar should know that though and same for AOC. They need to be very concise when they're speaking publicly
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You are right that she should be careful of what she says in public, but honestly there are a lot of bad faith attacks coming from her detractors, that they will twist anything she says, they are literally saying she is a terrorist because she said she took terrorism class in collage.
 
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AndroidHero said:
How so?

Ilhan criticized AIPAC. I'm not aware she said anything JDL, and JDL and CAIR aren't the same.
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It was a joke. I don't think the JDL exists anymore(hopefully). They both advocate for their respective religions and against bigotry.
 
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AndroidHero said:
You are right that she should be careful of what she says in public, but honestly there are a lot of bad faith attacks coming from her detractors, that they will twist anything she says, they are literally saying she is a terrorist because she said she took terrorism class in collage.
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Of course there are it's 24/7 between Omar, AOC, and the other women(can't recall the spelling). We know that and see that but the layman is not going to get it, he's going to get the negative soundbite from Fox or the lazy msm trying to do their balancing act. It's disgusting bs but that's what they're up against and it sucks. We just have to work harder and smarter.
 
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Domingo Halliburton said:
She used placeholder words. It's used in english and conversation all the time.
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Nah man, only Republicans are allowed to use pronouns when discussing national events of importance, new rule.



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I'm sure you and your fellow chuds don't find this offensive.
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That's just the tip of the iceberg











@dubephnx If we didn't remove incredibly powerful fire retardant asbestos & replace it with junk that doesn't work, the World Trade Center would never have burned down.
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During an interview with Bloomberg not even two weeks ago, the president referenced George W. Bush speaking through a bullhorn at ground zero as an annoying blip preventing Trump’s own popularity among Republicans from being the highest ever. “The advantage we have is — I am actually a very popular president, which people don’t like to say, you know,” Trump said. “In fact, I guess the Republican poll came out, there’s one at 92 and one at 93 and one at 90, and they’re the highest numbers that have ever been, with the exception of a tiny period of time with a bullhorn. But that period lasted for about a week.”
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Trump’s Bizarre History With 9/11 – Rolling Stone
 
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