A scene from today
Category: Playing the Victim Card
Fortunately some people are standing up to Ilhan Omar.
Cory Booker Thinks Critics Of Illhan Omar Are Islamophobic
A letter to defenders of Ilhan Omar’s remarks
You will be hard pressed to find some evidence that Trump
Rep. Dan Crenshaw on the Attempts to Silence Omar’s Critics
In Point of Fact, Trump Didn
So now, with Trump in the mosh pit, it
Ilhan Omar, Alinsky Radical
The word Islam means submission (to God
Nobody In The GOP Is Inciting Violence Against Ilhan Omar
When Democrats claim, as many have this week, that Republicans are inciting violence towards Rep. Ilhan Omar in their reaction to her statements about 9/11, they are making a specific charge. That charge is
Ilhan Omar is Intolerant
How is it junior representatives Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can flippantly broadcast their opinions and yet are allowed to feel threatened when others express differing views? Their demonstration of entitlement and intolerance threatens us all.
Steve Dieringer, Letter to the Editor, The Columbian, Vancouver, WA, April 20, 2019
Ilhan Omar’s Comments AND the Threats Against Her are Unacceptable
Using Ilhan Omar as an Excuse to Chill Speech
Free speech — political discourse and good faith political reporting included — shouldn’t be inhibited by prospective actions of third-party nuts. It is imperative, in fact, that we don’t let those nuts undercut our ability to freely express our political disagreements. If Americans pondered the actions of political terrorists every time they took a position, they would only be empowering criminals.
David Harsanyi, “Democrats Are Using Ilhan Omar as an Excuse to Chill Speech“, “RealClear Politics, April 19, 2019
Not one of Trump’s critical comments about Omar called for violence in any way. He didn’t rationalize chasing Omar out of a restaurant or standing in front of her home with a bullhorn. The idea that politicians should have immunity from criticism is not something journalists, or anyone who values free expression, should give any credence. Yet, here we are.