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I was really impressed how Omar apologized and engaged following her benjamins/AIPAC comments. The racism and Islamophobia she faces is so ugly. I don’t understand the ins/outs of House rules and don’t know if they didn’t bring it up because they weren’t in the majority or
...if they didn’t have the votes to censure a Republican and only for a fellow Democrat? But I apsolutely agree the President and other GOPs Congress have said much worse and that she’s being targeted as a Muslim WOC. That said, we also need a space to call her in on antisemitism
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agreed. also, we need to be able to critique israel without it being considered anti-semitic. (it seems like here though, her language was the issue.) but yes, she's already being attacked and having her family threatened, so why do this and make them even more vulnerable?
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Yes, criticism of Israel is necessary, but it’s important how it’s done to not feed into antisemitism awarely or unawarely. I didn’t read the House statement, but it needed to address ALL the antisemitism in Congress and not focus solely on Omar which is wrong and has everyone...
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