Ben Shapiro
On Thursday, Rep. Ilhan Omar
(D-MN) was caught on tape once again indulging in her favorite off-hours
pastime – some cozy anti-Semitism with cheering fans. Omar, of course, has a
long history of anti-Semitism: accusing Israel of “hypnotizing the world,”
suggesting that American support for Israel is “all about the Benjamins,”
backing the anti-Semitic BDS movement.
Now, appearing alongside
fellow anti-Semitic Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), who herself recently accused
American supporters of Israel of dual
loyalty to Israel and is, along with Omar, a supporter of
anti-Semitic boycott, divestment and sanctions from Israel, Omar reached for
the anti-Semitic lever once again. First, Omar smiled when an audience member
yelled, “It is about the Benjamins.” Then, she stated, “What I’m fearful of –
because Rashida and I are Muslim – that a lot of our Jewish colleagues…go to
thinking that everything we say about Israel to be anti-Semitic because we are
Muslim….So for me, I want to talk about the political influence in this country
that says it is okay to push for allegiance to a foreign country.”
This is, once again,
anti-Semitism. It sets her "days since open anti-Semitism" calendar
back to zero; for the record, she was only up to 18 days.
Suggesting that Jewish
Americans are pushing for “allegiance” to a foreign country, or that American
supporters of Israel are doing so, is a vicious conspiracy theory and a vile smear.
Jewish Americans by and large support Israel not out of “allegiance” to Israel
but because Israel protects victimized Jews all over the world, represents the
sole liberal democracy in the Middle East, and provides valuable strategic
partnership to the United States. But according to Omar and other anti-Semites,
the only reason for American Jews to support Israel is because they are part of
a secret club, disloyal to the United States and loyal only to the ethnic
tribe.
It’s not like Omar has been
hiding the ball here. After her faux apology for the “all about the Benjamins”
tweet, she stated just last week that she wasn’t apologizing for anti-Semitism
– she was only apologizing if her comments offended people. Which is like
calling a woman a whore, then apologizing for how the slur made her feel. The
problem, as it turns out, is that Omar is a consistent and vicious anti-Semite.
But the media won’t treat her
that way. Instead, many in the mainstream media continue to treat Omar with kid
gloves, as though she’s just an ignorant child in need of some gentle chiding,
more in sadness than in anger. Here’s a sampling: a reporter from NBC News, a
staff writer for The New Yorker, the opinion editor of The
Forward.
Looks like they have to reset the "Days without...." counter https://t.co/euMo4A2s7x— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) 1 de março de 2019
Oh, man. This sucks. https://t.co/VSIpuV2qOD— Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) 28 de fevereiro de 2019
This is so dispiriting. If you can't figure out how to criticize Israel without unleashing a torrent of epigenetic trauma in your own Jewish voters, you're making the problem you seek to solve worse. How does @IlhanMN still not understand this, after weeks of meetings with Jews? https://t.co/Sb9fGKeyCM— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) 1 de março de 2019
This is simply the soft
bigotry of low expectations – or, more insidiously, an attempt to soft-pedal
anti-Semitism in order to preserve the intersectional hierarchy. Omar is, you
see, a Muslim woman from Somalia, and that means that she ranks higher than
Americans Jews do on the victimhood scale – and thus she must be treated with
kid gloves when she targets said American Jews. Omar will still be cheered,
despite her open and unapologetic Jew-hatred, by the same media members who
place her alongside Nancy Pelosi on the cover of Rolling Stone. And
Nancy Pelosi will continue to cover for her, all the while claiming to be an
advocate of anti-bigotry.
Now, imagine, for just a
moment, that Omar were instead a white Congressman from Iowa who said something
bigoted. Would the media react with “sadness” and advice? Or would the media
correctly react with outrage?
You don’t have to theorize.
When Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said, according to The New York Times,
that he didn’t understand how the language “white nationalist” became
“offensive,” he wasn’t accorded any of the hemming and hawing surrounding Omar.
There was no weepy talk about learning curves and ignorance of “tropes.” There
was appropriate and universal condemnation.
Not so with Omar, who will
continue to get away with her anti-Semitism, as Democratic Party leaders and
their allies in the media simply shake their head and tut-tut softly while
elevating her to a position of public leadership. We don’t have to speculate.
They’re already doing so.
Ben Shapiro, The Daily Wire, 2-3-2019
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