Wait, are you saying that a pro-Israel comedian who has repeatedly voiced racist rhetoric towards Muslims is siding against Ilhan Omar in this controversy?Bill Maher's show last night dedicated a lot of discussion to the thought that there is a gray area between the twitter "woke" Democrats and real world Democrats and that the leadership needs to balance catering excessively to the former. I do think that's in play here where Pelosi and Schumer have made a decision to not get too close to Omar because they fear looking too radical for moderate Dems. In addition, they seek Haim Saban's et al. money. Dude was complaining to leadership about Omar even before she was sworn in. Pelosi probably also has calculated that anybody on the left who fervently cares about this issue are already in the bag as voters dues to their hatred of Trump. I keep reading from pundits and commentaors how she's the "smartest woman in politics" right now; we'll see if she's right or wrong.

I love how there's a distinction between "woke" democrats and real-world democrats, but no distinction between devoted pro-Israel Washington Dems and the 95% of read-world Democrats outside Washington who don't give a shyt about backing Israel or actively oppose it.