If This Is Not A Lesson, Nothing Is!

'Very Troubled' Jewish Leaders Staged 

Intervention for Dem Rep

• 2019-02-13 
• Source: AAN 
• by: AAN Staff

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) fired back at President Donald Trump yesterday
for his perceived hypocrisy in demanding her resignation from Congress or
 the House Foreign Affairs Committee over offensive rhetoric.

Omar, who apologized for reviving anti-Semitic tropes Monday after confronting
 criticism from within her party, said the president "trafficked in hate" his "whole
 life." By comparison, she had "learned from people impacted by my words."

However, a report from the Twin Cities Pioneer Press – Minnesota's second
most widely-circulated newspaper – detailed how Jewish leaders in the
 Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area spoke to Omar about her views last year
and that she failed to alleviate their concerns. (Twin Cities Pioneer Press)

Last year, before she was elected to the House of Representatives, before

she emerged from a crowded Democratic field in Minnesota’s liberal 5th

Congressional District, leaders of Minneapolis’ Jewish community fashioned

what could be described as an anti-Semitic intervention of Omar, a rising

star of the left whose remarks had made many fellow Democrats in the

Jewish community uncomfortable.

…

Last year, state Sen. Ron Latz, a St. Louis Park Democrat who has served

in the Legislature since 2002, invited Omar to his house, where a number

of Jewish leaders had gathered. It wasn’t an ambush; Omar knew that group

was there, and their purpose was to enlighten her.

…

[Latz recalled:] “Over the course of about two hours, we shared with her

our concerns for things, including language that has references and

meanings beyond just the meanings of words. Tropes, dog whistles —

call them what you will. We explained to her how hurtful, and factually

inaccurate, they were.

“Most of us came out of that conversation very troubled by the answers

we received. I was not convinced she was going to give a balanced

approach to policy in the Middle East, and I was not convinced … where

her heart is on these things.”

Despite her recent apology, Omar has not deleted any of her problematic
 tweets dating back to 2012 when she proclaimed Israel had "hypnotized
 the world."

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