Israel war: Ilhan Omar slammed as 'unfit to serve' and 'out of her mind' over comments
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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) slammed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for saying the United States should stop "unconditional weapons sales and military aid to Israel" after hundreds of its citizens were killed in Hamas terrorist attacks over the weekend.
Lawler called the Minnesota Democrat "unfit to serve in the House of Representatives" and out of her mind for her policy proposal in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday.
"Israel was just brutally attacked by terrorists, funded by Iran, and you want to cut off funding and military aid and equipment. You are out of your mind and unfit to serve in the House of Representatives. This is why you were removed from the Foreign Affairs committee," Lawler wrote.
The original statement that Lawler was responding to had Omar trying to change the focus of the war in Israel to Palestinian citizens and called for the U.S. to halt its support to Israel and work toward "peace.
"Instead of continuing unconditional weapons sales and military aid to Israel, I urge the United States at long last to use its diplomatic might to push for peace," Omar said in a post on X.
Omar was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee in a party-line vote in February for remarks she made in 2019 when she claimed politicians who support Israel were only doing so because they were getting funds from the Jewish state.
Several House Democrats in the "Squad," a nickname for a group of liberal lawmakers, have been criticized for their statements about Hamas, with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) still having a Palestinian flag still outside her congressional office on Monday. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), one of the most famous members of the "Squad," broke from the group and condemned the "hatred and antisemitism " at a rally in New York City that celebrated the recent terrorist attack against Israel by Hamas.
Israel declared war against Hamas, the first time it had declared war since 1973, shortly after the attacks on Saturday. The conflict has killed at least 1,800 people on both sides since the first terrorist attacks by Hamas, according to the Associated Press .
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It is time to remove her.
Perfect, then she can get back to boinking her brother
Yup, we overlooked quite a bit, didn't we?
Somali’s do have their own way ….
They sure do, but where did the votes come from?
Somali immigrants. Same with Tlaib, AOC and Omar.
Totally district driven.
Getting rid of the first amendment now Vic?
Omar should join Newstalkers, everything is allowed here. She could even troll all the right wingers all day long with no ramifications.
In what way is removing her from Congress getting rid of her First Amendment rights?
You mean like you are doing with that comment? It is good that you would not seem to be against more competition.
It's called decorum.
Removing her for voicing her opinion is absolutely violating her first amendment rights. Perhaps those trying to remove her should be removed instead because they took an oath to defend her Constitutional rights.
Suddenly, you are for free speech. Professor Alan Dershowitz was at Harvard for almost 60 years. Can he speak there?
Removing her from Congress does not prevent her from voicing her opinion. Maybe you should re-read the First Amendment.
She was sent to Washington by her constituents and only they should remove her for voicing her opinion. I disagree with a lot of the opinions coming out of Congress these days but only one congressperson should be removed right now and it's not for voicing any opinion.
So, you refuse the answer the question that you accused me of but continue to deflect away. Guess you really don't have any clue what the First Amendment really means.
They can take "Jewish space lasers" MTG with her too.
Is that an option?
I'd take that deal.
Sounds like an investigation is warranted under 18 USC §2339B.
When you hear people around here using terms like traitor, you have to wonder how they can miss the squad and the proxy in the White House.
I can tell you exactly why Trump is traitor. But please , expand on your hallucinations that Biden is a traitor.
Obviously, he took money from China and Ukraine.
I know, we have to wait for his DOJ to find a picture of Biden putting money in Xi's pocket, just like we have to wait for a leak of Iranian officials giving orders to Hamas.
That seems to be the standard.
You believe clowns like Jim Jordan and James Comer. How do we know they are clowns? Well, there are a lot of ways but let's stick with one. They are basing Bidens impeachment on a totally debunked story that was debunked 4 or 5 years ago.
You are a good example of the far right in America today. People who dont know what they are talking about but insist on saying it anyway.
Yep. Don't you hate it when people do that?
absofuckinglutely....
You can TELL it but it seems, after 7 years, you can't prove it.
Source?
IMO that time was LONG ago.
She'd be BBQ'd in Gaza for allowing an infidel to hump her.
I dont think we should end military support to Israel , but the idea that she should be expelled from Congress for suggesting it is laughable in today's context, when conservative loons demand that we end military support to Ukraine , on the floor of Congress.
Its just incredible how un self aware these people are.
Israel is at war and needs the US help. Fine, then what is Ukraine?
The Republicans in Congress are a bunch of idiots.
Damn, so close to having me agree with you. All you had to do is not have the first three words
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast
Did she skip school? Is she brain damaged? That’s exactly what the United States has been doing for decades.
She's young. Anything that happened before her generation didn't really happen... unless of course they want to be angry about it.