h All about Meghan:
She joined Chelsea Clinton in attacking Ilhan Omar as an antiSemite for nothing more than criticizing Israel's strong lobbying arm AIPAC. Criticizing Israel while brown is automatic antiSemitism in Meghan and Clinton's circles.
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https://www.newsweek.com/ilhan-omar-meghan-mccain-israel-anti-semitism-john-mccain-racism-1356119
Though Omar later issued a statement on Twitter noting that anti-Semitism is a real problem and suggesting she never meant to offend any Jewish people, she reaffirmed the “problematic” role of lobbyists in U.S. politics, including AIPAC.
The congresswoman later added more fuel to the fire when she accused American lawmakers of pledging “allegiance to a foreign country” by unquestionably supporting Israel, regardless of its conduct.
On Thursday, McCain became emotional as she said several of her Jewish friends felt hurt by Omar’s comments. “It is very dangerous, very dangerous,” she said, “and I think we all collectively as Americans on both sides—and what Ilhan Omar is saying is very scary to me and a lot of people and I don’t think you have to be Jewish to recognize that.”
In response, Omar retweeted a post made by Medhi Hasan, an Intercept columnist and Al Jazeera host, who slammed McCain’s “faux outrage” and criticized the politics and racist comments of her late father.
“Meghan’s late father literally sang ‘bomb bomb bomb Iran’ and insisted on referring to his Vietnamese captors as ‘gooks',” Hasan wrote. “He also, lest we forget, gave the world Sarah Palin. So a little less faux outrage over a former-refugee-turned-freshman-representative pls.”
The retweet came just hours after the House approved an anti-hate resolution inspired by Omar’s remarks. The vote prompted backlash from younger and more progressive Democrats and a debate over the language used in the resolution.
Though Republicans and many establishment Democrats have been quick to distance themselves from Omar’s comments, others have rallied around her. On Thursday, for example, 2020 presidential candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said he fears attacks on Omar are designed to stifle debate on America’s relationship with Israel.
The senator, who himself is Jewish, told The Hill, “Anti-Semitism is a hateful and dangerous ideology which must be vigorously opposed in the United States and around the world.” But he added, “We must not, however, equate anti-Semitism with legitimate criticism of the right-wing, Netanyahu government in Israel.”