This is what got Rep. Ilhan Omar in trouble:
At a recent event, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said, in a reference to American Jewish supporters of Israel, “I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says that it is OK for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country.” When criticized by House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.), who is Jewish, Omar wrote on Twitter, “I should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress.”
This is what Vice President Mike Pence said today at the annual conference of AIPAC, the America-Israel Political Affairs Committee, the preeminent American pro-Israeli lobbying group:
As I stand before you, eight Democrat candidates for president are actually boycotting this very conference. So let me be clear on this point, anyone who aspires to the highest office in the land should not be afraid to stand with the strongest supporters of Israel in America. It is wrong to boycott Israel, and it is wrong to boycott AIPAC.
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Anyone who slanders those who support the historic alliance between the United States and Israel should never have a seat on the Foreign Affairs Committee of the United States House of Representatives.
I mean, call me silly, but I think Pence has just made Omar’s point.
Do you want to know more?
- Ilhan Omar’s dual loyalty charge was about more than anti-Semitism | TheHill
- Did eight Democratic candidates ‘boycott’ the AIPAC conference? – The Washington Post
- Mike Pence Smears Ilhan Omar in AIPAC Speech: Did He Just Prove Her Point?
- What Did Ilhan Omar Say? – Institute for Policy Studies
Ilhan Omar was also attacked Chuck Shumer, Nancy Pelosi and horribly attacked by the Dem House #2 Steny Hoyer. It was like a KKK rally at AIPAC and everyone was gunning for AOC, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib and promising to murder Palestinians.
If anyone thought that perhaps it was bad optics for the Dems to attack young women of color, this pretty much ended the argument as to where the interests of both parties lay.
Yes. It was made quite clear to her from both sides of the aisle that she did, in fact, have to swear allegiance to the nation of Israel or be branded an anti-semite. I just found this particular Pence quote to be a distillation of that attitude.