Not only have Democrats completely watered down the resolution condemning Omar for her anti-Semitism, but now Nancy Pelosi is suggesting that Omar really didn’t mean to be anti-Semitic when she accused her colleagues of having a foreign allegiance to Israel.
Of course:
DAILY MAIL – The House will vote Thursday on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism after internecine war has developed among Democrats over comments from freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, leaving Speaker Nancy Pelosi struggling to control her unruly members and defending the freshman lawmaker.
Leadership is pushing the vote in the hopes the party can move past the controversy that has engulfed Democrats and brought about the wrath of Republicans.
Pelosi has defended the freshman lawmaker, saying she doesn’t think she was ‘intentionally’ prejudicial.
‘I don’t think so, and I don’t think this is just about comments by Congresswoman Omar, which I do not think were intentionally anti-Semitic,’ she told NBC News.
So she’s just accidentally anti-Semitic? It sure happens to her a lot it to be accidental!
The resolution, which awas to be voted on yesterday, apparently sparked outrage among Democrats:
Omar, who is one of the first Muslim women in Congress, came under fire for suggesting last Friday that supporters of Israel were urging lawmakers to have ‘allegiance to a foreign country.’
Her words have split Democrats down the middle and left Pelosi in a bind: too harsh a resolution would alienate the liberal lawmakers – led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – who have rallied to Omar’s side but not harsh enough will anger powerful Jewish lawmakers and their supporters, who vote Democratic and contribute heavily to the party.
The wording of the resolution has also caused a rift among Democrats.
The vote, originally scheduled for Wednesday, was postponed among the outrage.
The controversy has tried leadership patience and overshadowed their top legislation priority: an election and ethics reform bill scheduled for a Friday vote.
Several Democratic lawmakers confronted Pelosi at a meeting Wednesday evening with some questioning why the resolution was even needed.
The contentious meeting ended with Pelosi dropping the mic and walking out.
Democrats are just rolling over once again and not taking this anti-Semitism seriously.
And what do you want to bet that Jews in the party are being told to shut up about her anti-Semitism in the future to avoid spectacles like this from happening again.
I’ll tell you another reason they likely took all the teeth out of the resolution. Because too many Democrats were going to vote against the condemnation of anti-Semitism and that would show the world just how anti-Semitic the party has really become.