Rep. Ihan Omar, D-M.N. thought she was arriving in Los Angeles for warm weather and a nice welcome. Instead, she got an icy reception by a a huge crowd of protesters.
Around 1,500 protesters showed up at Omar’s Islamic-American fundraiser to denounce the freshman congresswoman for her anti-Semitic rhetoric. Since Omar has been elected, her words about the Jewish people have caused huge controversy.
Omar said she doesn’t even care, and openly mocked those in attendance.
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“I don’t think many of them realize that people like myself, and many of the people in this room, could care less about what they have to say,” Omar said. “Because we know who we are, and where we belong, and what we stand for.”
The protesters, lined up outside of the Woodland Hills Hilton in Los Angeles, stood in solidarity with the Jewish people, waving both American flags and Israel flags.
Hundreds outside the Woodland Hills Hilton right now protesting Rep. Ilhan Omar’s appearance at a CAIR fundraiser tonight. Crowd’s going wild for a bride walking out of the hotel pic.twitter.com/bJgOsdrrLE
— Ari Plachta (@AriPlachta) March 23, 2019
What Omar repeatedly fails to realize is that her critics aren’t so much infatuated with the fact that she’s Muslim – her anti-Semitic rhetoric is dangerous
Omar tried to paint herself as a victim.
“There are thoroughly fascinating people outside who for so many years have spoken about an Islam that is oppressive, an Islam that lessens and isolates its women, and today they gather outside to protest a Muslim woman who is in Congress,” Omar said. “The irony in that is very entertaining to me.”
Critics say the statement is proof that she’s out of touch with the reality. Indeed, it seems she has no idea of the chord she struck within the Jewish community.
On Friday President Donald Trump suggested that the Democratic party has turned “anti-Jewish.” The suggestion comes after a number of refusals from Omar, along with her rank and file party members, to denounce anti-Semetism.
“The Democrats have very much proven to be anti-Israel,” Trump said. “There’ no question about that. And it’s a disgrace.”
Omar’s response?
“I say raise hell, make people uncomfortable,” she said, according to The Daily News.
She went on to blame President Trump for the New Zealand mosque horror that claimed 50 lives.
“…we finally had a leader in the White House who publicly says Islam hates us, who fuels hate against Muslims, who thinks it’s okay to speak about a faith and a whole community in a way that is dehumanizing, vilifying,” Omar said, according to Western Journal.
He “doesn’t understand, or at least makes us want to think that he doesn’t understand, the consequence that his words might have.”
Oh the irony Omar.
She hasn’t forgotten about her anti-Semitic words. Instead, it seems she just doesn’t care.
The Horn editorial team