She lied before the election to get Jews and others to vote for her, then she pulled a bait and switch, now she’s for BDS.
Via Free Beacon:
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) defended an old tweet on CNN Thursday, denying it could be offensive to Jewish Americans. The tweet has offended Jewish Americans.
In 2012, Omar tweeted that “Israel has hypnotized the world,” calling its behavior “evil.”
With the tweet displayed on screen, CNN’s Poppy Harlow asked Omar what she would say “to Jewish Americans who find that deeply offensive.”
“Oh, that’s a really regrettable way of expressing that,” Omar replied to the direct question. “I don’t know how my comments would be offensive to Jewish Americans.”
The comment is reminiscent of the anti-Semitic idea of unnatural Jewish influence and control over the world. Various Jewish Americans have criticized Omar for the tweet, such as the New York Post‘s David Harsanyi, who said she “used a well-worn anti-Semitic trope about the preternatural ability of a nefarious Jewish cabal to deceive the world.”