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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Committee erupts after Tory MP tells Muslim witness he ‘should be ashamed’ MP Michael Cooper read quote from manifesto of accused New Zealand mosque shooter into committee record

May 30, 2019 and   

(CBC) A parliamentary committee exploring online hate descended into chaos this week after a Conservative MP told a Muslim witness he should be “ashamed” after he drew a link between “conservative commentators” and the online history of mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette. The […]

Government & Politics

Congressional Leadership Fund attacks vulnerable Dems for not condemning ‘hateful comments’ by Omar, Tlaib Slotkin: Far-left members 'doing what is right for their districts'

May 14, 2019   

(Free Beacon) A pro-Republican super PAC is going after a group of first-term House Democrats for not condemning anti-Semitic rhetoric from far-left members of Congress, particularly after one dismissed the party’s fringier members as “doing what is right for their districts.” The […]

Government & Politics

Rep. Rashida Tlaib defends Holocaust comments to Seth Meyers: ‘Racist idiots’ twisted my words The congresswoman joked that next time she’ll speak at a fourth-grade level so the ‘racist idiots’ will understand her better.

May 14, 2019   

(Daily Beast) Last week, during his fateful interview with Meghan McCain, Seth Meyers urged The View host to be “careful” with the language she has used to criticize Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who has been repeatedly accused by the right of promoting […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Former congressman Keith Ellison: Trump’s attacks on Ilhan Omar are ‘violent incitement’ ‘I don’t know if they don’t realize they’re risking her safety or they just don’t care,’ said the first Muslim member of Congress and Omar’s Minnesota predecessor.

April 17, 2019   

(Daily Beast) Former congressman Keith Ellison has a theory for why President Donald Trump is working to make Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) public enemy number one. “She, simply by her existence, is a person who he doesn’t believe belongs,” Ellison said in […]

Government & Politics

Omar rakes in cash online as controversies pile up The freshman Democrat took in over $832,000, largely from online donors, after facing criticism for using anti-Semitic tropes this winter.

April 15, 2019 and   

(Politico) Small-dollar donors rushed to defend embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in the first three months [of] this year, as she faced charges of anti-Semitism from prominent Democrats, according to a fundraising report filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission. Omar, a […]

Government & Politics

Trump escalates his attacks on Omar after Pelosi ups her security The president also goes after the House speaker, saying she has ‘lost all control of Congress.’

April 15, 2019 and   

(Politico) President Donald Trump on Monday escalated his verbal attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar, less than 24 hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she is seeking protection for the Minnesota congresswoman due to increased death threats following tweets from the president. […]

Government & Politics

Pelosi: Capitol Police working to ‘safeguard’ Omar after Trump 9/11 tweet Ilhan Omar says she has ‘experienced an increase in direct threats on my life.’

April 14, 2019 and   

(Politico) Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that the U.S. Capitol Police and the House sergeant-at-arms “are conducting a security assessment to safeguard Congresswoman [Ilhan] Omar, her family and her staff” after a tweet by President Donald Trump. Trump on Friday shared […]