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Omar Shrugs Off Harassment of Jewish Student, Faults UCLA for Not Protecting Anti-Israel Protesters

May 23, 2024 Jewish, Protesters, student, shrugs, antiIsrael', protecting, faults, harassment, Omar, UCLA0 comment

As three college presidents testified about antisemitism amid anti-Israel protests and riots on their campuses, a prominent House Democrat brushed off concerns about a Jewish student’s inability to walk on a path at the University of California at Los Angeles and went on to fault UCLA for not protecting anti-Israel protesters. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., responded to a video in which anti-Israel protesters blocked a Jewish student wearing a Star of David necklace from walking on campus. Jewish student wearing a Star of David necklace DENIED entry to his own…

MoveOn Statement on the GOP’s Improper, Unwarranted, & Islamophobic Attempt to Remove Congresswoman Omar From Her Committee

February 22, 2023 attempt, Committee, Statement, Islamophobic, Congresswoman, Omar, MoveOn, Improper, from, Unwarranted, GOP's, Remove0 comment

Washington, D.C. – Statement from MoveOn Executive Director Rahna Epting on the improper and Islamophobic attempt to remove Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from her House Foreign Affairs Committee assignment as part of Kevin McCarthy’s corrupt bargain with MAGA: “The attempted removal of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from a committee she has served on for more than two years—and has extensive credentials to continue to serve on—would be improper and unwarranted and would show how radical and out of touch the Republican Party has become. Republicans are clearly more interested in political revenge…

MoveOn: Removing Omar From Committee: Improper, Unwarranted, and Islamophobic

February 2, 2023 Committee, Islamophobic, removing, Omar, MoveOn, Improper, Unwarranted, from0 comment

Washington, D.C. – Statement from MoveOn Executive Director Rahna Epting on the improper and Islamophobic removal of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from her House Foreign Affairs Committee assignment as part of Kevin McCarthy’s corrupt bargain with MAGA: “Speaker McCarthy and House Republicans’ removal of Congresswoman Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee is improper, unwarranted, and Islamophobic. Republicans are obviously more interested in political revenge than in governing. “It’s clear GOP leadership targeted Congresswoman Omar because of her identity and her background, and they ignored her record of service advancing a just…

House Progressives Will Demand Boebert To Be Stripped Of Committee Assignments Over Attacks At Omar

December 2, 2021 House, attacks, Committee, demand, Assignments, stripped, Progressives, Omar, Boebert, Over0 comment

House progressives are reportedly preparing a statement urging for Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) to be stripped of her committee assignments, following her refusal to publicly apologize to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after insinuating that the Minnesota Democrat is a terrorist, according to <a href=”https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/12-1-2021/got-omars-back/”>Politico</a>. Talking Points Memo

Omar Hangs Up On Boebert After GOP Rep Repeats Non-Apology For Racist Trolling

November 30, 2021 after, racist, REPEATS, hangs, Omar, Trolling, Boebert, NonApology0 comment

The beef between Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) isn’t over. On Monday, Omar hung up on Boebert after the far-right extremist repeated her <a href=”https://twitter.com/RepBoebert/status/1464289590282498050?s=20″>non-apology</a> to Omar over the phone after calling the Minnesota Democrat “the jihad squad.” Talking Points Memo

Holiday Livewire: Omar Mocks Boebert’s Racist Trolling Again

November 27, 2021 again, racist, holiday, mocks, Omar, Trolling, Livewire, Boebert’s0 comment

Another day, another desperate crusade for outrage: Far-right extremist Lauren Boebert (R-CO) proudly tells a Totally Real Story in a viral video about her calling Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) “the jihad squad” to her face in a Capitol elevator earlier this week. Omar <a rel=”noreferrer noopener” href=”https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1464037767005057024″ target=”_blank”>responded to the clip</a> on Thanksgiving via Twitter saying that Boebert is 1) making the whole thing up and 2) is actually terrified of even looking at her in the halls of Congress. Follow the news of the day below: Talking Points Memo