Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who has called for defunding the entire Department of Homeland Security, expressed outrage over the crisis on t...
"This is abhorrent and inhumane," Omar tweeted of the conditions in which a group of detained migrants was being kept. "It's without a doubt a reflection of what white nationalism is doing to our country. As a country, we have to acknowledge that this is how people are being treated here and decide that we are better and we must do better."
This is abhorrent and inhumane.
It's without a doubt a reflection of what white nationalism is doing to our country. As a country, we have to acknowledge that this is how people are being treated here and decide that we are better and we must do better.
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Following Omar's remarks, The Daily Wire reached out to her office via phone and email to get her thoughts on two recent news items.
The first story comes from Brunei, where Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah has said that new Sharia laws that are going into effect are a form of "special guidance" from God, according to Sky News.
The nation is going to introduce death by stoning as a punishment for gay sex and "amputation for those guilty of theft under sharia law, with both penalties to also apply to children once implemented."
The second story comes out of the Middle East, where the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas recently fired 20 rockets into Israel and destroyed the homes of innocent civilians.
The Daily Wire asked Omar if she could provide comment on either story and if she found either of these acts to be "abhorrent and inhumane."
The Daily Wire also asked Omar if she would say that these acts are due to radical Islam.
Omar and her office refused to respond to multiple requests for comment.
The Daily Wire again contacted Omar's office on Friday via phone and email to give them another chance to respond and notified them that a non-response would be considered a "refusal to condemn" these acts. Omar's office again did not respond to the inquiries.
Later on Thursday, Omar tweeted from her official Congressional Twitter account a condemnation of "conversion therapy."
"Conversion ‘therapy’ can lead to: Depression, Self-hatred, Substance abuse, Homelessness, Suicidal behavior," Omar tweeted. "Survivors have likened it to torture. It's time to #DefundConversionTherapy."
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Omar has been embroiled in an anti-Semitism scandal since the first day she arrived in Washington, D.C.
Omar has been condemned multiple times by her Democratic colleagues for pushing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories used by Nazi Germany and using anti-Semitic tropes. Omar has compared Israel to the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism in media interviews where she also suggested that Israel should not be allowed to exist as a Jewish state. Omar has suggested that her Jewish colleagues devised a plan to silence her by accusing her of being anti-Semitic and suggesting that Omar was expecting one of her Jewish colleagues to have dual loyalties to Israel. Omar also claimed that pro-Israel groups were paying off U.S. politicians to have dual loyalties to Israel.
Omar's anti-Semitism is so extreme that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, while not using her name, clearly directed scorn at Omar during speeches at AIPAC this week.
"What weakens us is, instead of engaging in legitimate debate about policies, someone questions the motives of his or her fellow citizens," Hoyer said in a clear shot at Omar, who had questioned the loyalties of U.S. politicians. "So let’s have debates on policy instead of imputing the loyalty of Israel’s supporters."
"I stand with Israel, proudly and unapologetically," Hoyer said. "So when someone accuses American supporters of dual loyalty, I say: accuse me."
Pelosi went as far as too suggest that Omar was "anti-American" in her speech, saying: "This month, the full House came together to condemn the anti-Semitic myth of dual loyalty, and all forms of bigotry, with a resolution that rejects the perpetuation of anti-Semitic stereotypes in the United States and around the world, including the pernicious myth of dual loyalty and foreign allegiance, especially in the context of support for the United States-Israel alliance. I simply declare to be anti-Semitic is to be anti-American. It has no place in our country."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also took at aim at Omar during AIPAC.
ell done Omar stick to your words. a question for the people is it humane to murder women and babies who are unarmed.Is it humane to bomb hospitals and to steal Palestinian land?????
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