Anti-Semitic Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories on Sunday and retweeted a tweet that said “[Omar] might as well call [Jews] hook-nosed.”
Omar’s vile remarks came in response to a Haaretz report that stated that Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was going to take action against anti-Semitic Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Omar.
“If [Democrats] do not take action I think you’ll see action from myself,” McCarthy said. “This cannot sustain itself. It’s unacceptable in this country.”
Omar, who has promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories that were used by Nazi Germany, said that the GOP’s support for Israel was “all about the Benjamins baby.”
https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1094747501578633216
AIPAC! https://t.co/UdzaFUEfrh
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) February 11, 2019
Omar then retweeted the following tweet that stated she “might as well call [American Jews] hook-nosed.”
Priceless: @IlhanMN retweets @JoshuaMZeitz who compared her tweet to calling us Jews hook nosed. Why? She clearly only the first half of the tweet. pic.twitter.com/k6AKqx6wTW
— Daniella Greenbaum Davis (@DGreenbaum) February 11, 2019
“I’m one of those American Jews who opposes the occupation, laments Israel’s anti-democratic drift, and doesn’t regard the country as especially central to my Jewish identity,” Politico magazine editor Joshua Zeitz tweeted. “And I know exactly what the congresswoman meant. She might as well call us hook-nosed.”- READ MORE