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Omar says Johnson stirring up 'anger and hate' with Columbia visit

  
Via:  Jeremy in NC  •  8 months ago  •  13 comments

By:   Lauren Sforza

Omar says Johnson stirring up 'anger and hate' with Columbia visit
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) took aim at Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) visit to Columbia University on Wednesday, saying he was creating more "anger and hate" by making the visit. "This is a man who is holding on to his Speakership. He knows he might be on the chopping block," Omar said on MSNBC's "Alex Wagner Tonight."…

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) took aim at Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) visit to Columbia University on Wednesday, saying he was creating more "anger and hate" by making the visit.

"This is a man who is holding on to his Speakership. He knows he might be on the chopping block," Omar said on MSNBC's "Alex Wagner Tonight." "And it is not surprising that he would go out to Columbia University and stir up really more anger and hate and endanger the lives of young people who are at the encampment at Columbia University."

Johnson paid a visit to Columbia alongside other Republican lawmakers to address the rise of pro-Palestinian protests on its campus and other schools across the nation, as students demonstrate against the ongoing war in Gaza. During the visit, however, the lawmakers were met with heckling from students and were frequently drowned out when delivering their remarks.

MSNBC host Alex Wagner asked Omar to explain the "discrepancy" between how Republicans see the rioters during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and how they are reacting to the pro-Palestinian protests.

"I mean, it's a complete clown show. These people do not care about violent protests," she told him. "They don't care about First Amendment. They care about their — performing their political theater, which is what they most of the time do."

"These are people who supported insurrectionists on Jan. 6, who threatened my life, and the lives of all of our colleagues, who threatened the peaceful transfer of governance," she added.

She also touched on how some Republicans have suggested the National Guard should come in to respond to the protests, saying it is "really astonishing that they want to be taken seriously." Johnson noted during the press conference there could be a time when the National Guard could be called in to respond to protests.

"If this is not contained quickly, and if these threats and intimidation are not stopped, there is an appropriate time for the National Guard," he said. "We have to bring order to these campuses. We cannot allow this to happen around the country. We are better than this."

Omar has been outspoken against Israel's actions in Gaza and has repeatedly called for a cease-fire in the region. Her daughter, Isra Hirsi, revealed last week that she was suspended from Columbia University's Barnard College after participating in a pro-Palestinian protest.

The Hill has reached out to Johnson's office for comment.


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Jeremy Retired in NC
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1  seeder  Jeremy Retired in NC    8 months ago

And the squad is going "full retard" with this.

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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1.1  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @1    8 months ago

Comical and pathetic that the number one hatemonger in Congress has the gall to accuse somebody else in Congress of doing what she does on a regular basis.

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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1.1.1  seeder  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  Ed-NavDoc @1.1    8 months ago

The little anti-Semite is just pissed somebody actually had the gall to stand up against her stupidity.

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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1.1.2  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @1.1.1    8 months ago

You got that right.

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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2  Greg Jones    8 months ago

The states, cities, and schools need to shut down these before it gets completely out of hand, and someone gets killed.

National Guard sounds like a good idea. This is happening on Biden's watch and he has aided and abetted these modern day Nazis by trying to appease them.

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
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2.1  Just Jim NC TttH  replied to  Greg Jones @2    8 months ago

 
 
 
Drinker of the Wry
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2.1.1  Drinker of the Wry  replied to  Just Jim NC TttH @2.1    8 months ago

Maybe after this summer we will have a Chicago Redux:

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
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2.1.2  Sean Treacy  replied to  Drinker of the Wry @2.1.1    8 months ago
aybe after this summer we will have a Chicago Redux

The convention is going to be nuts.  I'd advise any jewish residents of chicago to stay away from downtown. 

 
 
 
Krishna
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3  Krishna    8 months ago

Interesting video from "Morning Joe" (MSNBC):

WHAT IF MIKE JOHNSON IS ACTUALLY GOOD AT THIS?

 
 
 
Krishna
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3.1  Krishna  replied to  Krishna @3    8 months ago
Interesting video from "Morning Joe" (MSNBC):

BTW, if anyone was wondering (just to clear up any possible confusion re: this video)-- it should be stated here that the source itself is actually not the topic! jrSmiley_9_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
Right Down the Center
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4  Right Down the Center    8 months ago

Funny that some that call for the silencing of Trump on cable news stations are the same folks that have no issue with the hate and antisemitism she constantly spews.

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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4.1  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Right Down the Center @4    8 months ago

I noticed that as well, but she's a progressive leftist liberal socialist Democrat so she gets a free pass from much of the liberal MSM.

 
 
 
Krishna
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5  Krishna    8 months ago

"This is a man who is holding on to his Speakership. He knows he might be on the chopping block," Omar said on MSNBC's "Alex Wagner Tonight."…

It seems pretty obvious that he knows he might lose the Speakership. But unlike some of the others-- I get the impression that might not actually care that much is he looses the Speakership.

 
 

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