WASHINGTON (JNS) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has endorsed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for re-election in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, announced Omar’s campaign on Monday.
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In touting endorsements from Pelosi and Minnesota House of Representatives Speaker Melissa Hortman, Omar’s campaign said in a statement that the congresswoman “now has the support of the Democratic leaders of both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Minnesota legislature, representing the support of the state and national Democratic party at the highest levels.”
Omar has perpetuated anti-Semitic tropes on Twitter and introduced a resolution in Congress that promotes boycotts of Israel, likening them to boycotts of Nazi Germany.
In February 2019, a month after being sworn in, Omar accused AIPAC of paying members of Congress to back Israel, saying it was “all about the Benjamins.”
The following month, she pointed fingers at her “Jewish colleagues” for attacking her Tlaib for labeling their criticisms as anti-Israel because of the Muslim faith of the two congresswomen, in addition to slamming her critics regarding “the political influence in this country that says it is OK to push for allegiance to a foreign country.”
This led to the passing of a House resolution condemning anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred that did not call out Omar by name.
In response to Omar’s dual-loyalty accusation, Pelosi said at the time, “I don’t think our colleague is anti-Semitic. I think she has a different experience in the use of words [and] doesn’t understand that some of them are fraught with meaning.”
Republican Jewish Coalition executive director Matt Brooks rebuked the endorsement.
“It’s sad and disappointing how little the leadership of the Democratic Party cares about standing up to anti-Semitism within their ranks,” he told JNS. “For Nancy Pelosi to endorse Ilhan Omar, who has trafficked in virulent anti-Semitic comments and has been one of the most vocal anti-Israel members of Congress, sends a message to the Jewish community that the Democratic Party just doesn’t care.”
Democratic Majority for Israel president and CEO Mark Mellman responded to Brooks, saying, “like Nancy Pelosi, we have condemned Congresswoman Omar’s anti-Semitic remarks. We appreciate her strong stand against them and her long and strong support for the U.S.-Israel relationship, as well as Jewish interests in America and around the world.”
All you idiots that still vote democrat re read this piece. The speaker is endorsing and backing a radical anti Semite and where’s chucky on this no where not a word some Jew
it does not make a difference because the fake blond occupant will win
Well Pelosi hates America so why shouldn’t she support another hater. Mark Mellman has probably never been persecuted as a Jew and has probably not been affected by anti semitism, but I don’t know that for Sure. However , what I do know is that he works for these liberal democrats. They are his bread and butter. These big names are his clients. So of course he will do whatever they say. Mellman is a fake and selling the jews for more than a few dollars and political gain
Pelosi is part of the bad team. Endorsing anti american and anti Jew how terrible
Of course Tehran Nancy endorsed the anti American anti Israel Jew hater. Democrat support and defend their anti Israel Jew hating members becasue their base demands it and then they have the chutzpah to slander President Trump and call him a racist Jew hater because some nobody neo nazi supported him yet they elect defend and support anti Israel Jew haters. The congressional black caucus overwhelmingly supports the Jew hater Farrakhan all Democrats support the racist Jew hater Al Sharpton, every single Democrat candidate for president sat down with Sharpton to pledge their allegiance to him.
She supports her party’s incumbent. This is not news.
May Hashem bring down all of our enemies, like Haman!!!
It is news. She is endorsing a bigot who hates jewish people. Her message of peace and love are completely inconsistent with her actions. I said this before and I’ll say it again. I’m a brilliant lawyer; and both pelosi and Omar have to go.