The lady asking is Ani Zonneveld, the leader of Muslims for Progressive Values, who has worked on combatting FGM through legislation. This was not a gotcha question. However, the framing by media is “poor Ilhan, racist lady”, which serves to show only how easy it is to mislead.
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The main lesson here is not about Ilhan. There have been times *I* have felt she was being wrongly targeted. This is about media carelessness and bias. Not by one outlet on any side, but the systemwide failures ruining our discourse.
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To forestall the "but she's answered this before": Please educated yourself on political life. Politicians are asked the same questions, over and over, their whole careers. Answering them *is part of their job* because obviously not everyone has heard all their views.
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Even I answer the same questions every talk I give. I don't assume "everyone knows" how I feel, because they don't. Sharing my views is why I'm there, why Ilhan is there. This is normal. And in the context of Ilhan's panel and her state, that question was relevant.
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From what I've gathered the question was asked by the Muslim woman so that she could use Ilhan's answer (which carries weight) to aid her future work against FGM. And again, this issue *especially* impacts Ilhan's constituents, so it's a reasonable ask due to that alone.
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I know context won't change the minds of those who are emotionally committed to NowThis' framing of the story. The silver lining is that clearly some in the Muslim community are seriously working to tackle these issues (even as the careless media sabotages their efforts).
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And even if the questioner was not a Muslim, Omar could have responded politely to a query about a genuine issue apparently asked in good faith. Why lecture the lady on what she may or may not ask?
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Agreed. Who cares who the questioner was? You a representative of the people. You will get asked the same questions over and over. Answer them, and drop the self-righteousness.
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Somehow, all of America has forgotten to remind elected officials that they're public servants. True for her, true for Trump.
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Which is what Trump is doing. Serving the people, NOT the political class. They hate him bc he’s holding them accountable. Career politicians that became billionaires by selling off parts of our country to foreigners. It’s about time we have a leader that puts our country first!
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