On Wednesday of this week, the U.S. House of
Representatives unanimously passed a broad condemnation of anti-Semitism days
after Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) received widespread criticism over her comments on
Israel.
Republicans used the
so-called "motion to recommit" vote to call for the addition of
language to a resolution that states it is in the "national interests of
the United States to combat anti-Semitism at home and abroad."
Omar drew widespread
condemnation for a tweet last Sunday implying Congressional support for Israel
has been bought by money from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
(AIPAC).
It's all about the Benjamins baby 🎶 https://t.co/KatcXJnZLV— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) February 10, 2019
Omar rendered a
half-hearted apology for her remarks Monday, tweeting "Anti-Semitism is real,
and I am grateful for Jewish allies and colleagues who are educating me on the
painful history of anti-Semitic tropes."
Spare me, honey.
This week’s contentious
tweet was not her first. In 2012 she tweeted “Israel
has hypnotized the world; may Allah awaken the people and help them see the
evil doings of Israel.”
Ilhan
Omar defeated Jennifer Zielinski (R) in the 2018 general election to replace
anti-Semite Keith Ellison. Ellison,
you’ll remember, was exposed for continuing a relationship with Louis Farrakhan,
head of the anti-Semitic political and religious movement Nation of Islam. His efforts to distance himself from the man
who compared Jews
to termites earned him four Pinocchios in a fact check performed by the Washington
Post. Ellison met privately
with “Calypso Louie” as late as 2016.
Now Ilhan Omar enjoys access to the corridors of American
power.
Omar fled her native Mogadishu,
Somalia when she was 8 years old and spent four years in a refugee camp in
Kenya. She came to the U.S. as a 12-year-old and eventually settled in the
Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, which has long been a first stop for new arrivals
in the U.S.
Starting in the 1990s,
the State Department directed thousands of refugees from Somalia’s civil war to
Minnesota, which is now home to the largest population of Somalis outside
Somalia itself.
It soon
emerged that millions of taxpayer dollars, and possibly much more, had
been stolen through a massive scam of Minnesota’s Social Services sector,
specifically through fraudulent daycare claims. To make matters worse, the
money appears to have wound up in areas of Somalia controlled by al-Shabab, the
Islamic jihadist group responsible for numerous terrorist outrages.
According to a
published report by Twin
Cities Pioneer Press, Minnesota has the highest number of refugees per
capita nationwide, according to the U.S. Census and refugee support agencies.
With 2 percent of the nation’s population, Minnesota has 13 percent of its
refugees.
Data reveals refugees
cost an estimated $107,000 each in food stamps, medical expenses, job training
and English lessons. Communities have no
control over the influx of refugees, yet they must share the cost of supporting
them. And residents often
don’t speak out or even ask questions of the process for fear of being called
racists, according to Kim Crockett, vice president of the Center of the
American Experiment.
According to the DGlobe
(of Worthington) in 2015, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton (D) sought to stifle
public discussion regarding refugee resettlement. He advised native Minnesotans with qualms to
move out. “If you are that intolerant, if you are that much of a racist or a
bigot, then find another state,” he said. “Find a state where the minority
population is 1% or whatever. It’s not that in Minnesota.” Dayton also
made an economic argument that did not exactly fit the case of Third
World immigrants who are themselves heavy consumers of welfare benefits. “Our
economy cannot expand based on white, B+, Minnesota-born citizens. We don’t
have enough,” he said.
A September 2015 report
of the House Homeland Security Committee task force on combating terrorist and
foreign-fighter travel revealed that Minnesota led all states in contributing
foreign fighters to ISIS. Reviewing the public cases of 58 Americans who joined
or attempted to join ISIS, the task force found that 26 percent of them came
from Minnesota. Somali Minnesotans occasionally appear in the headlines as
“Minnesota men” who have taken up jihad. In 2015, ten such Minnesota men were charged with seeking to
join ISIS in Syria; six pleaded guilty and three were convicted in June 2016
(one is presumed dead in Syria).
Rep. Omar, like all
members of Congress have
access to intelligence provided by the Foreign Broadcast Information
Service of the CIA by virtue of their elected positions. They do not receive security clearances per se.
Rep. Omar sits on the
Budget, Education and Labor, and Foreign Affairs Committees of the House. She
should be removed from all three due to her animus against Jews and Catholics (see
the Covington Catholic boys incident). The idea of having someone with an
animus against Jews and Catholics sitting on the Foreign Affairs Committee in
judgment of Israel is unbearable.
While a few members of
her party publicly denounced Omar’s reprehensible anti-Semitism, many remained
silent or side-stepped the issue.
According to Congressional Research Service, under Article I, Section 5, clause 2, of the Constitution, a member of Congress may be removed from office before the normal expiration of his or her constitutional term by an “expulsion” from the House of Representatives upon a formal vote on a resolution agreed to by two-thirds of the Members present and voting.
According to Congressional Research Service, under Article I, Section 5, clause 2, of the Constitution, a member of Congress may be removed from office before the normal expiration of his or her constitutional term by an “expulsion” from the House of Representatives upon a formal vote on a resolution agreed to by two-thirds of the Members present and voting.
As to removal by
recall, the United States Constitution does not provide for nor authorize the
recall of United States officers such as Senators, Representatives, or the
President or Vice President.
Omar’s condescension
and hostility are grating. She rarely, if ever, expresses gratitude to the
United States for receiving her and her family. Instead, she daily portrays
herself as a victim of discrimination by the country that rescued her.
I hope Nick Sandmann is
successful in his libel suit for the brutal lies that destroyed his life and
reputation. My amusement that Rep. Omar
is listed in that suit is boundless.
Maybe, just maybe,
Minnesota’s despicable Congresswoman will be forced to fully renounce her
bigotry.
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