(Free Beacon) A George Soros-backed Muslim group, which cohosts a conference that in recent years drew speakers who called homosexuality a “disease” and defended terrorist groups, announced its endorsement of Joe Biden for president. Emgage, which bills itself as the largest Muslim […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) was recently pictured sporting a t-shirt that portrays the modern state of Israel as belonging entirely to Palestine. Tlaib, one of Congress’s leading critics of Israel, was pictured in the t-shirt while promoting a recently published book by […]
(Free Beacon) Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders touted the endorsement of Ako Abdul-Samad, who once defended an al Qaeda propagandist and runs a Muslim-American organization so controversial that other Democrats have returned its donations. “I’m honored to have Rep. Abdul-Samad’s endorsement,” Sen. […]
(Free Beacon) A Muslim community leader accused of having financial ties to Hamas donated to Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D., Mich.) campaign last month, records show. Salah Sarsour, an alleged Hamas sympathizer who once boasted about meeting a Muslim Brotherhood leader known for […]
(Free Beacon) More than 120 members of Congress privately issued letters of support to a controversial Islamic-American advocacy group known for its involvement in one of America’s most prominent terrorism financing cases, according to a copy of these official communications obtained by […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) was named the 2019 anti-Semite of the year by an organization that seeks to combat the spread of anti-Jewish bias. The organization StopAntiSemitism.org chose Omar, who has repeatedly spread anti-Israel and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, following […]
(Free Beacon) Elle magazine selected two vocal anti-Semites as part of its list of “20 Women of Color in Politics to Watch in 2020.” Elle‘s list included Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) and Linda Sarsour, both of whom have come under fire […]
(Free Beacon) Representatives Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) rejected an effort by their fellow Democrats to pass a resolution affirming the United States’ support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During debate of a non-binding resolution […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) was the keynote speaker at a conference hosted by a Muslim organization that traffics in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and that counts among its supporters many who seek Israel’s destruction. Tlaib headlined the American Muslims for […]
(Free Beacon) Anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour linked Israel to white supremacy while speaking at a pro-Palestinian conference on Friday. “Ask them this: How can you be against white supremacy in the United States of America and the idea of living in a […]
(Free Beacon) As Democrat Amy McGrath was laying the groundwork for her Senate bid, she attended a dinner hosted by the Kentucky chapter of a radical anti-Israel organization that has been tied to funding of global terror networks. The Kentucky chapter of […]
(Free Beacon) Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) has tapped as his latest 2020 campaign surrogate an American-Palestinian comedian who has defended notorious anti-Semites, accused President Donald Trump of leading “a KKK rally,” and routinely claimed that Israel stole land from the Palestinian […]
(Free Beacon) Police have arrested more than twice the number of domestic ISIS terrorists and sympathizers in the first eight months of this year than they charged in all of 2018. The FBI and local police departments have arrested 24 people for […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) on Friday came to the defense of an anti-Israel activist voted off the Women’s March board earlier in the week, telling her, “we have the truth on our side.” Tlaib took to Twitter to defend […]
(Free Beacon) Zahra Billoo, who has been outspoken about her hatred of Israel and Memorial Day, was voted off the board of the Women’s March Wednesday night after serving only two days. Billoo, the executive director of the San Francisco Bay Area […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) said on Sunday that a United States-led institution of the Boycott, Sanctions, and Divestment movement against Israel is the “kind of pressure” that will lead to a “peaceful process” in the region. CBS’s Face the […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) recently met with a controversial pro-Palestinian organization that has encouraged violence against Israel, justified the use of terrorism against the Jewish state, and has called for the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers, according to online postings […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) is fundraising off her aborted trip to Israel, just days after she refused an Israeli invitation permitting her to visit her ailing grandmother and, instead, shared an anti-Semitic cartoon about the Jewish state. A fundraising […]
(Free Beacon) The Virginia lawmaker who interrupted President Trump’s speech in Jamestown has been identified as the individual who dumped water on Geraldo Rivera at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. A reporter for the Daily Beast filmed Rivera interviewing a group of […]
(Free Beacon) Democratic freshman representative Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) received a generous donation during the second quarter in the name of a man who died more than 10 years ago, a review of campaign and online records shows. Tlaib’s campaign committee, Rashida Tlaib […]
(Free Beacon) The ISIS terrorist organization is threatening to launch new attacks in San Francisco, New York, and London, according to new warning messages posted on the group’s social media channels. The messages, carried across the internet via the Telegram networking website, […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) said the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS) is about criticizing the “racist policy” of Israel during a Sunday interview on CNN’s State of the Union. “So you talk about the hate agenda and there […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) likened the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement to the American boycott of Nazi Germany during a floor speech on Tuesday. Tlaib, a Palestinian-American and a supporter of BDS, spoke on the floor about her […]
(Free Beacon) Media outlets scrambled to prove false the accusation that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) married her brother after President Donald Trump mentioned it, but none have been able to definitively reach an answer, largely due to Omar’s unwillingness to provide […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D., Minn.) backing of pro-Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) legislation in the House comes about a year after she told Jewish voters in her district she viewed the anti-Israel movement as counterproductive to peace efforts. Omar signed […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn) said in a recent interview that she doesn’t regret her past anti-Semitic remarks, but says she is “grateful for the opportunity” to learn how her words have affected others. Omar appeared on CBS This Morning […]
(Free Beacon) Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) on Saturday questioned the patriotism of American-born citizens, claiming she “probably love[s] this country more than anyone who is naturally born” in the United States. Omar participated in a foreign policy panel at the […]
(Free Beacon) Vice President Mike Pence said anti-Semitism “has no place” [in] Congress during a speech before the nonprofit Christians United for Israel on Monday. “Let me say this from the heart. Anti-Semitism has no place in the Congress of the United […]
(Free Beacon) I have never worked in crisis communications, but I suspect the worst possible lede sentence to read about a client must be this one: “New investigative documents released by a state agency have given fresh life to lingering questions about […]
(Free Beacon) Former Pennsylvania congressman Joe Sestak, the 25th Democratic presidential candidate this year, took sharp criticism in 2010 for his Israel record en route to losing a U.S. Senate election that year. In the summer of 2010, the newly founded pro-Israel […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D., Ill.) on Saturday gave Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) some pushback after she suggested some critics were “weaponizing” anti-Semitism to silence her. Both female Democrats appeared on CNN’s Van Jones Show together, where they had a dialogue […]
(Free Beacon) A member of the Virginia legislature and former volunteer for Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) is connected to multiple anti-Semitic organizations and is the son of a Hamas fundraiser. Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D.) — who received sympathetic national coverage this […]
(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 […]
(Free Beacon) The reelection campaign for Rep. Lucy McBath (D., Ga.) said Wednesday it rejected a $2,000 contribution sent to it by her fellow Democratic freshman congresswoman Ilhan Omar (Minn.), who has been criticized by colleagues on both sides of the aisle […]
(Free Beacon) The reelection campaigns for two freshman Democratic members of the House, Reps. Lucy McBath (D., Ga.) and Jahana Hayes (D., Conn.), failed to disclose large contributions received from the campaign of fellow freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.). The contributions […]
(Free Beacon) Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R.), a former member of Congress and an Army veteran, claimed that freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) has been fundraising for a terror-tied organization that has a “long history of financing terrorist groups such […]
(Free Beacon) The Washington Post‘s fact-checker wrote that Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D., Minn.) glib remarks referring to the September 11 terrorist attacks called to mind George W. Bush’s famous bullhorn speech at Ground Zero. Glenn Kessler dove into the controversy surrounding the freshman […]
(Free Beacon) Democratic freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) has been holding a series of secret fundraisers with groups that have been tied to the support of terrorism, appearances that have been closed to the press and hidden from public view. The […]
(Free Beacon) Democratic representative Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) has gotten behind a push from anti-Israel faculty members at a small private California university to end its study abroad partnership with an Israeli university. The move by faculty members at Pitzer College aims to […]
(Free Beacon) The Anti-Defamation League released a statement Monday calling on Congress to condemn Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D., Minn.) recent anti-Semitic comments. The group, which previously defended Omar and expressed hope she would learn, sent a letter addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]
(Free Beacon) A group of leading Jewish organizations petitioned the House of Representative’s top Democrats on Monday, demanding that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) be removed from her position on the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee in light of her numerous anti-Semitic remarks […]
(Free Beacon) Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on Sunday praised Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) for her anti-Semitic language, saying she has “nothing to apologize for.” Farrakhan, who has a long history of using anti-Semitic language, including comparing Jews to “termites” […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) wrote in 2006 an op-ed for the Final Call, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s publication known for espousing anti-Semitism. Tlaib’s piece focused on how legal immigrants should not be deported for minor criminal offenses, […]
(Free Beacon) Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour penned a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement that omitted any mention of the Jewish people, two years after she attacked President Donald Trump for the same thing. In January 2017, the White House was criticized after […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) on Tuesday defended a previous tweet in which she called Israel “evil” and said the Jewish state “has hypnotized the world,” saying that those were “the only words I could think about expressing at that […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) on Sunday derided “unconstitutional” legislation that would allow state and local governments to refuse to do business with U.S. companies that boycott Israel. “Final thoughts on one other bill that made its way through the Senate […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) on Tuesday slammed efforts in the Senate to pass a bill that, among other measures, would allow state and local governments to refrain from doing business with U.S. companies that boycott Israel. Tlaib, the first […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.), fresh from calling the president of the United States a “motherfucker,” claimed Sunday that senators who support proposed foreign policy legislation act as if they “represent” a country other than the United States. Tlaib retweeted […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) incorrectly attributed historic firsts to the 116th Congress during its first day in session, as pointed out by Rep. Justin Amash (R., Mich.). Listing purported reasons for the new Congress to “be proud,” Omar made […]
(Free Beacon) Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), who was initially scheduled to speak at the same conference as controversial Women’s March organizer and liberal activist Linda Sarsour, is no longer speaking at the conference due to a scheduling conflict. Warren had been […]
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