Ilhan Omar Happened Because Media Chose to Lie to You
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Three years ago, most American newsrooms picked Ilhan Omar -- despite her crawling Jew-hatred and evidence of an extensive criminal past -- to be the transcendent face America needed to fight bigotry and federal corruption. Reporters apparently chose to lie about Omar to help birth a more trusting country.
Perfectly irrational idiocy. Legacy newsmedia, decayed, perhaps brought itself final ruin by getting exactly what it wanted.
The first Somali-born woman and the first female Muslim to be elected to a U.S. statehouse, Ilhan Omar defeated 44-year incumbent Phyllis Kahn in the Democrat-Farmer-Labor primary for Minnesota House District 60B in 2016. A former child refugee from civil war, Omar was perceived as a best-case image for shepherding progressive causes against President Trump. Ilhan Omar’s individual character, however, was openly trending towards worst-case.
She had written anti-Semitic statements indistinguishable from the Protocols of the Elders of Zion . She had disturbing associations with Islamic terror-tied groups. Sources within the Minneapolis Somali community presented evidence, including a video , of the “East Africa Team” members of Ilhan Omar’s campaign openly threatening local Somalis who may have released negative information about her .
Then came the harder evidence of corruption: Publicly available state records , viewed along with her own confirmed, time-stamped social media posts , suggested a breathtaking spree of state and federal felonies.
The social media posts, visible to anyone who cared to investigate, were rapidly being deleted from Omar’s confirmed accounts.
Best-case image, worst-case character: Would legacy outlets publish the facts, then chase more? While self-righteously condemning Trump’s “fake news” jab, would editorial decision-makers see an illusory greater good in faking it?
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LOL, by conservative Trumpian standards she is presidential material.
By the standard Ilhan is being held to rightwing hypocrites are Islamaphobes...
Ah, did you learn to use that word as a weapon from Congresswoman Tlieb, or is it your own sword to kill valid criticism, as you have done before.
When the left can't refute facts they scream "Trrrummmmpppppp!!!!!!!"; and declare victory.
I didnt even look at the facts. After the mountains of egregious ethical offenses by Trump, with no repercussions to him, she could shoot someone in the middle of downtown Minneapolis and no one would care.
Own it Trumpers
Not surprised.. Not looking at facts is SOP for you.
Glad to see some things never change...like your honesty.
By conservative Trumpian standards she should apply for sainthood.
It's good to have the MSM on your side...
The recent scandal resulted in the release of some emails of her staff, who basically were treating the Minnesota Star Tribune (the local "objective" paper) as a member of the team who could be relied on to frame the issue as Omar wanted
.The historical record, written objectively, should focus on the three years of apparently deliberate unethical choices made by legacy news media.
Would that it were...
if there is proof she is anti-semitic i dont think she should be in congress although im sure she wouldnt be the only anti-semite there.
as far the 'ethical" stuff, please, the political right has demonstrated they dont give a rats ass about ethics. i wouldnt even waste time looking at it. This is what Trump has done, he has lowered our ethical standards out of existence.
As is usual John, whatever truth is presented to you you deny it, deflect, and tell the messenger how wrong they are.
Youre joking right?
You have Donald Trump, the most unethical person to ever hold high office in the federal government. You dont hold him to any standard. Do you really think we should care about the ethics of a congresswoman?
You've made it clear, caring about Trump's ethics is just a pretext for Democrats.
That's funny! You have absolutely zero idea what standards I hold anybody to, and as far as Trump being the most unethical person to ever hold high office in the federal government, that is solely your opinion just as it is mine that his predecessor qualified for that category so I guess that leaves us at a impasse. And yes we should care about the ethics of a freshman congresswoman. You have good day now.
You are seriously trying to tell me that you think Obama is more unethical than Trump?
Yikes !
I dont think you know what unethical means.
Without a doubt. Trump ain't perfect but Obama was far worse to me.
I refer you back up to 3.1.1. You fall under the same category. Trump could tread six inches of water and you would still hate and criticize him for not walking on top of the water to meet your expectations!
Unethical means like politicizing and weaponizing all the agencies of government. You know, like having the IRS go out and target Conservative organizations ahead of the 2012 election and destroy evidence in the process. Or having the FBI & CIA spy on American citizens and an opposing political campaign while violating various laws. Or having a biased Justice Department that fixed investigations and placed consent decrees on police departments or distorting Title IX protections in universities via the denial of due process to the accused.
Isn't that what it means?
I most certainly am.
The State of Israel is a government the same under US and international law as any other nation though Israel does enjoy "Most Favored Nation" status with the US and receives over a billion dollars a day in various forms of assistance from US taxpayers. This does not necessarily mean though that US and Israeli interests are always completely aligned. Certainly differing interests and ideas exist and therefore disagreements will sometimes ensue. This is especially true regarding "The Palestinian Issue"...
The United States of America in addition bestowing largess upon our friends the United States also enacts economic sanctions large and small upon many nations in our attempts to bring those regimens into better alignment with our own interests and international norms especially as regards weapons and human rights.
In an America where our President is plainly and openly hostile to the Islamic faith even going so far as to propose a "Muslim Ban", I see nothing particularly antisemitic about the only Muslim Member of Congress advocating for the interests off her Muslim constituents in her primarily Muslim district.
By those same standards should the thirty five Jewish Members of The US Congress (Only 2 of whom happen to be republicans) be disallowed from or condemned for metely advocating for the interests of their Jewish constituents or, for that matter, even the interests of The State of Israel?
When Trump talks about rounding up all the Muslims in this country, suggests deporting them or putting them in concentration camps. then i'll believe you.
Until then your comment is simply TDS driven nonsense.
I guess you would rather we go to actual war with those countries to safeguard our interests.
What "Muslim ban" ?
A billion dollars a day? Would you please post your source for that UNBELIEVABLY WILD figure?
The media lied
And the liberals knew
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"He who controls the media controls the minds of the public."
Noam Chomsky