There's nothing moderate about Democratic Congressional leadership, but even it has a line, and Ilhan Omar has crossed it

 The Representative from Minnesota let loose with one of the most grotesque moral equivalencies imaginable:

Rep. Ilhan Omar

@Ilhan

We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity. 

We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban.  

I asked 

@SecBlinken

 where people are supposed to go for justice.

Twelve of her Dem House colleagues used the form of an open letter to call her out and demand that she knock it off. They used the phrasing "urge Congresswoman Omar to clarify," but given the overall tone of the letter, it's pretty clear this was no open-ended suggestion.

Omar then took the opportunity to wax indignant and act like the term "clarification" was the crux of the matter. And then her spokesman Jeremy Slevin penned his own statement, accusing House Dems of "ginning up . . . Islamophobic hatred against" his boss.

Well, then the ball was back in the House Dem leadership's court, and this time, its statement carried the weight of Nancy Pelosi's name among the signatories:

Exit question: When can we see a similar display of spine among House Republicans when it comes to the antics and utterings of Marjorie Taylor Green and Matt Gaetz?

 

When there's no clarity about what is and isn't a right, you get tyranny

You knew some Freedom-Hater would come up with this:

Rep. Ilhan Omar said she plans to introduce a "Homes For All" bill that she hopes will guarantee a home for every person in the U.S. 

"It is a moral stain on our country that we have half-a-million or more people facing homelessness," the Minnesota Democrat said Thursday at a congressional town hall for women of color. "In a few weeks, we are going to introduce our 'Homes For All' legislation, which will, hopefully, guarantee a home for everyone." 

Omar said homes would be guaranteed by having the federal government invest "in the creation of millions of homes." She added that Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and "the squad" would be joining her in sponsoring the bill. 

"I am really excited for the opportunity to work on this legislation and get it done so that we don’t have an Ilhan that arrives in America and gets to see — have it be the first thing she sees, people sleeping on the side of the streets in a country where people come to seek prosperity and hope," she added.

The discussion of the fact that those "sleeping on the sides of the streets" have addiction issues and mental illnesses is important to include in the overall conversation about this wacky initiative going forward, but for now, let's focus on what she's predicating this on. She thinks having a home is a right.

It 's impossible for it to be a right for the same reason that it's impossible for health care or having a job to be a right. We have no right to the effort of our fellow human being. Foundation-pourers, flatwork crews, carpenters, electricians, plumbers and roofers have to be lined up. And practitioners of those arts only exists because there are people motivated to become such practitioners. It sounds theoretical, but the question must be asked: What if, starting tomorrow, nobody in the world wanted to be any of those things? How would anybody exercise this "right" to a house? Would the government make certain people go into those  fields?

And then there is the matter of choice. Government is going to hand all these people without homes a particular domicile and say, "Here's your place to live, comrade. Move in." Never mind the matter of preference. If you want a side courtyard, or a day room off of the kitchen, or a walk-in basement - well, you don't get to shop around and find those features. Without competition, nobody's busting his tail to come as close as possible to your desired array of features.

Then there's the redistribution aspect. Government is going to take your hard-earned money at gunpoint to put somebody else in a house. And anytime the state is taking Citizen A's money to address the wants or even needs of Citizen B, Citizen A has lost control over what was his. It's called redistribution.

It will be interesting to see how far this cockamamie stunt goes, given that it joins Medicare for All, college loan forgiveness, and a raft of other goodies as shiny campaign-season objects being dangled before the post-American public, which, for all its dulled senses, still understands, at least to some degree, that none of this is affordable.

But that's the secondary matter. The first principle that's relevant here is the imperiling of basic freedom.

Israel was right to keep Tlaib and Omar out

I understand the position of some conservatives for whom my respect is immense. It can indeed be seen as a bad PR move. It will give these two Squadettes and Dems in general fodder for a barrage of outrage.

Is that a compelling enough reason to deem the ban against their visit wrong?

Nah.

Make that hell no.

Per Guy Benson:

Guy Benson‏Verified account @guypbenson

The tell is that Omar & Tlaib weren’t planning to meet with any Israeli government officials, either in the Netanyahu administration OR the mainstream opposition.

12:24 PM - 15 Aug 2019

A congressional delegation went to Israel last week. They could have joined that if they weren't up to something rotten.

Their trip was going to be sponsored by Miftah, an organization founded in 1998 which talks a good game about "democracy" and "good governance" in some kind of Palestinian state that it envisions, but which engages in blood libel, and like the Squadettes supports BDS.

The Squadettes' own itinerary refers to their destination as "Palestine."

Piss on 'em. They made the bed they are now lying in.

They hate Western civilization and the sooner they're gone from Congress the better.

Friday roundup

On the heels of the New York Times pouring cold water on moon landing anniversary celebrations by pointing out that that achievement did not meet modern woke diversity standards comes this reason for considering Leonardo DiCaprio's career problematic:

In response to a glowing profile in The Hollywood Reporter that hailed the "Titanic" actor as "the last movie star" in preparation for the upcoming release of "Once Upon a Time In Hollywood" — his second collaboration with director Quentin Tarantino — film critic Guy Lodge of The Guardian and Variety blasted DiCaprio on Twitter for not working with a single woman director since 1995's "Total Eclipse."

"This is all well and good, and some fine work has come out of it, but I wouldn't call his choices adventurous either: huge studio prestige productions with established male directors," Lodge wrote on Twitter, according to Indiewire. "He hasn't acted in a film with a female director since 1995, which I don't think is an insignificant fact … I like that he's choosy, and resistant to franchise fodder: he's played his career well. But at this level of stardom, he has the clout to get riskier ideas (and talents) off the ground."

Today's entry from the The-UN-Is-Utter-Garbage file:

Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Pakistan were among members of the UN’s 54-nation economic and social council, a principal organ of the world body, who voted to single out and condemn Israel yesterday as the only country in the world that violates women’s rights.

The Jewish state was harshly and repeatedly condemned in a resolution, adopted 40 to 2 with 9 abstentions and 3 absent (see breakdown below), for allegedly being the “major obstacle” for Palestinian women “with regard to their advancement, self-reliance, and integration in the development of their society.”

Out of 20 items on the UN Economic and Social Council’s 2018-2019 agenda, only one — Item No. 16 against Israel — focuses on condemning a specific country. All the other focus areas concern global topics such as disaster relief assistance and the use of science and technology for development.

The resolution completely ignores how Palestinian women’s rights are impacted by their own governing authorities—the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, and Hamas in Gaza—nor does it mention how women are discriminated against within patriarchal Palestinian society.

Moreover, ECOSOC concluded its annual session by ignoring the world’s worst abusers of women’s rights, refusing to pass a single resolution on the situation of women in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, or DR Congo, all of which ranked in the top ten worst countries in last year’s Global Gender Gap Report, produced by the World Economic Forum.

Dude, why are you putting your employer in this sticky situation? Why don't you just go find another job where your indulgence in resentment of your DNA isn't going to be a customer service problem?

“I felt like I had been punched in the stomach. I was just gasping for air.” 

That’s how Nancy Rost recalls the moments after her husband, Tom, walked through the door of their home six years ago this month. 

In his hand, Tom held a letter from a long-time employee. On his face, the easy confidence Nancy had seen from Tom every day since they met each other as children was missing, replaced by a palpable sense of anxiety.

Immediately, Tom and Nancy knew that the contents of the letter had the potential to devastate R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, which Tom’s grandfather had established in 1910 to serve grieving families throughout Detroit. As it stands now, Tom’s five-generation family business is in the hands of the Supreme Court, with oral arguments scheduled for Oct. 8.

So, what was in the letter? 

Anthony Stephens, a biological male employee who had agreed to and followed the funeral home’s sex-specific dress code for more than six years, intended to show up to work—as well as to the homes of grieving families—dressed as a woman.

For years, Tom’s company had required employees to agree to and abide by a sex-specific dress code that aligned with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requirements. The regulation-consistent policy ensured that family members of a deceased loved one could focus on processing their grief, not on the funeral home or its employees.

Over the next two weeks, Tom carefully considered his situation. Tom was concerned for Stephens—a longtime, valued employee—and for Stephens’ family. He also had to consider the rest of his staff, including an 80-year-old female employee, who would be sharing the women’s restroom facility with Stephens. 

Finally, Tom pondered the impact on the funeral home’s clients.

In the end, Tom decided that he could not agree to Stephens’ proposal. That decision that was fully in line with federal law. Yet, in a matter of months, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued the funeral home.

And then that body of unelected bureaucrats got a judicial-branch body to massage the wording of the relevant federal statute:

Later, following the commission’s urging, a federal court of appeal effectively redefined the word “sex” in federal law to mean “gender identity.”

The Cincinnati City Council has before it a resolution to aid and abet illegal aliens looking to circumvent fast-track deportation. Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld spewed a bunch of bleeding-heart boilerplate about members of the community who pay taxes and add to the diversity of their neighborhoods, but this fast-track initiative is for rounding up those who have been here less than two years, not the proverbial parent of a medical school student.

Sweden seems to be having second thoughts regarding the wisdom of flinging open its borders to hordes of people from very different cultures.

At Law & Liberty, Alan Mendenhall revisits Russell Kirk's 1957 classic Concise Guide to Conservatism. A taste:

In 12 brisk chapters, Kirk addresses the following themes: the essence of conservatism, religious faith, conscience, individuality, family, community, just government, private property, power, education, permanence, and change. He concludes with the question: “What is the Republic?” His answer: “a commonwealth in which as many things as possible are left to private and local management; and in which the state, far from obliterating classes and voluntary associations and private rights, shelters and respects all these.”

Anyone familiar with Kirk will recognize in the opening chapter the “chief principles” of conservatism that in The Portable Conservative Reader (1982) and The Conservative Mind (1953) he condenses into six “canons.” These involve a recognition of moral laws derived from God, a celebration of variety and diversity over coerced uniformity, the pursuit of justice, the protection of private property, a skepticism of power and centralization, a reverence for custom and tradition, and the rejection of utopianism or political programs predicated on a belief in the perfectibility of man.

Ilhan Omar splits with her husband. 

When push comes to shove on Israel-hatred, The Squad does not have most House Dems on its side

Sandy, Rashid, Ilhan, let these numbers sink in:

Three hundred ninety-eight out of 432 seated members of the Democrat-led House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to condemn the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction (BDS) movement, an amalgam of anti-Zionist interests that advocates for the delegitimization and ostracization of all Israeli institutions. It was a vote that Democrats would not have had to take but for the upstart progressives in their midst. The party’s progressive House freshmen have made a name for themselves by pushing their caucus to the left on a series of issues, one of which is support for America’s strategic alliance with Israel. They pushed too far.

And this appears to be a case of this chamber of the legislative branch living up to its name. The vote was truly representative of public opinion:

Twenty-seven states have adopted measures opposing the boycott of Israeli goods or imposing costs on institutions that comport with BDS’s demands. This March, Gallup found that 59 percent of American adults sympathize with Israel in its conflict with the Palestinian Authority. Only 21 percent backed the entities in Gaza and the West Bank. Although this represents a modest decline in support for Israel from 2018, pro-Israel sentiment remains palpable among a majority of Republicans and independents and a plurality of Democrats. Only among self-described “liberal Democrats” has sympathy for Israel collapsed to a virtually non-existent 3 percent.

And no, Ilhan darlin',  nobody's trampling on your First Amendment rights:

The anti-BDS resolution, she said, “attempts to delegitimize a certain people’s political speech and to send a message that our government can and will take action against speech it doesn’t like” (a federal judge in Arkansas has already dismissed Tlaib’s constitutional objections).

Now, this little utterance from Westchester Sandy is kind of creepy, don't you think?

“My concern with being overly punitive on nonviolent forms of protest is that it forces people into other channels,” said squad member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The congresswoman has a habit of speaking in vague terms so that she can plausibly deny the obvious implication, but her meaning is clear enough; if boycotting Israeli goods isn’t an option, opponents of the Jewish state will be forced to take more drastic measures.

Steve Berman at The Resurgent likens it to an experience he had overseas once:

One time I was in Italy and parked my rental car on the street near a nice restaurant. A man came up and asked for 500 lira (back then before the euro, about $5). I asked through my interpreter, Guido, “what for?” He wants to watch your car so nothing happens to it. I began to decline when Guido said, “give him the money, or something willhappen to your car.”

AOC issued the equivalent statement that the man outside the restaurant gave me. Since Congress has voted to condemn BDS, which she claims is the non-violent path to destroying Israel (*snort*), that will leave the Jew-haters who voted her, Tlaib and Rep. Omar Ilhan into office no choice but to resort to violence.

Sorry, gals, but most people don't harbor your animosity for the only Western nation in the Middle East.

Exit question: will these chicks become more desperate and outlandish as they realize how unpopular they are, or will it spur them to start acting more like stateswomen, respectful of the institutions and traditions of the body in which they serve (and of US allies)?

 

Friday roundup

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are set to cut a deal that may add $ trillion to the national debt over the next decade.  There's a lot of tough talk about standing for stuff going on inside the Beltway these days, when it comes to the political courage to address the coming fiscal crisis our government faces - and it does face one, the bizarre deliberate ignorance of Kool-Aid-besotted throne-sniffers like Rush Limbaugh notwithstanding - that's a conspicuously absent commodity indeed.

Recall my post from yesterday about this "national conservatism" conference. Reason magazine weighed in on it, too, reaching much the same conclusion. So has Justin Amash with this tweet:

Justin Amash‏Verified account @justinamash

Justin Amash Retweeted reason

“National conservatism” is just collectivism rebranded for the right. It’s a form of socialism built upon fear of the new and different.

Hee hee. Hee hee hee. And hee hee hee hee. Unionized Bernie Sanders campaign staff workers are demanding a $15 / hour minimum wage. 

National Review has juxtaposed pieces by two of its editorial interns that present conflicting views of the 1688 Glorious Revolution in England, when James II abdicated the throne and was replaced by William and Mary. A lot of it comes down to whether on sees the pro-Catholic forces as standing up for religious freedom and freedom in general, or whether one see pro-Church of England forces carrying that banner. Weighing in that it was ultimately a bad turn of events is Declan Leary. Defending it is James P. Sutton.

This Omar chick is a real piece of work. Days after the Squad presser, at which she tried to paint herself as the defender of truly core American values, she announces that she's going to introduce a pro-BDS resolution. 

A take on the current state of politics in post-America I completely resonate with: "It's Going To Get So Much Worse" by Noah Rothman at Commentary. 

"The Bible's Most Politically Incorrect Teaching" at The Stream will bring up your stuff.

Squad presser - initial thoughts

It just concluded, so these thoughts are fresh indeed.

Pressley came off as the most stateswomanlike, but that bar is set low, given her stressing of the term "occupant" and refusal to use the term "president."

Two ways to look at Omar's use of the requiting of Trump's foul language ("s--hole countries," "grab 'em by the pussy"). It could be seen as gratuitous and in our faces - the presser was held at 5:15 PM, after all, when kids are home and getting ready for dinner - but, on the other hand, hey, the Very Stable Genius said these things. They're fair game.

Can't see Omar's call for impeachment gaining any more traction than any calls so far have.

And she knows damn good and well what the Mueller report concluded, so her mention of "collusion with a foreign government" was rotten indeed.

All of them were fairly deft at using the "distraction" angle. Was surely coordinated. They want to steer the national knife fight conversation back to the pressing issues on out plate, doncha know. You know, like springing illegal alien kids from cages (this coming days after former acting ICE director Thomas Homan had explained to AOC in a House Oversight Committee hearing that that's because their parents had been arrested) and giving everyone government-provided health care (because in Squadworld, it's possible for health care to be a right). You see, the real problem with Trump, according to the Squad, is that because he's not on board with these aims, he's a racist and wants to see people die of terrible diseases.

Bottom line: Doubt if it moves the needle regarding public opinion. Enthusiasts of the brands involved had their confirmation bias massaged.

And post-America got a bit more brittle and ridiculous.

It's this kind of stuff - today's edition

I think David Marcus's assessment at The Federalist that Donald Trump's recent behavior strongly indicates some kind of pivot to "normalcy,"  that he's becoming "calm and measure," is way too premature. The points with which Marcus substantiates his position are valid enough, but they have a bit of a desperate-to-be-convinced feel to them. They don't really add up to much:

In June he had a very normal state visit to England with no real gaffes. For the Fourth of July he gave a speech that liberals and progressives expected to be pure and ugly politics, but wound up being, again, pretty normal. His reactions to criticisms such as a new allegation of sexual assault were pretty mellow by his standards, and his brief walk into North Korea came off as a good bit of diplomacy, despite handwringing among North Korea hawks.

I'd point to two recent Twitter blurtings as counterweights to these. There was the business about calling Amash "disloyal." Telling term. It has that Mafia-boss / I-expect-my-ring-to-be-kissed connotation about it. Then there is Trump's choice to call Paul Ryan a "baby" who "didn't know what the hell he was doing," and a followup indulgence of his signature braggadocio and winner-loser formulation:

They gave me standing O’s in the Great State of Wisconsin, & booed him off the stage. He promised me the Wall, & failed (happening anyway!)......

 Granted, Amash had called for Trump's resignation, and Paul Ryan had unloaded to Politico's Tim Alberta in the course of Alberta's writing of a book about Trump not caring about being unprepared to address various issues. And a US president is not expected to be immaculately above the fray. Still, these responses are unprecedented. Trump thinks his insults wipe the record clean regarding Amash and Ryan having established themselves as intelligent, principled conservatives who have thought deeply about the scope of state power vis-a-vis individual sovereignty.

Recall that Trump called Charles Krauthammer a "dummy" in a tweet in 2016. Need I say more?

Gentlemanly restraint just ain't in the Very Stable Genius's wheelhouse.

Which brings us to his tweets about the radical House freshmen:

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump

So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly......

@realDonaldTrump

....and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how....

5:27 AM - 14 Jul 2019 

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump

....it is done. These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough. I’m sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!

5:27 AM - 14 Jul 2019 

Those who parse the uttering of their political enemies are going to have a field day with this point:

The series of tweets carried with it the suggestion that these women “go back” to the countries from whence they originated. AOC, Tlaib, and Pressley were all born in the United States, while Omar was born in Mogadishu, Somalia.

The absurdity is going to get plenty of titters, but the phrase "go back" is what's going to provide the Left with its real ammunition. At a moment when a truly well-crafted expression of outrage at the truly America-hating sentiment that these four House freshmen ooze would have been immensely helpful, the VSG lets loose with a major backfire. Anyone else now pointing out the poisonous nature of what these four routinely say is going to come in for a response along the lines of, "Yeah, 'go back to where you swarthy types came from' is what you right-wingers always really mean when you come after brown-skinned people."

Of course, none of this matters to Trump's slavish base. They think this sort of thing is a hoot. They see no reason to care one subatomic particle what anyone at any point on the left side of the spectrum is thinking. To that base, as long as the Left is trampled over come the first Tuesday in November 2020, it's mission accomplished. No matter that the embers of America-hatred will continue to glow and smolder, ready to reignite. And that will be because they weren't truly doused with sound refutation.

No, the pivot to normalcy remains a dream in the minds of those who, I guess admirably, want to see something more redeeming in what is probably going to occur in a year and four months than the cyclical trimming of the Left's sails. We'd all like real victory, but let's be realistic about what can deliver it and what - and who - can't.

 

 

Kudos must be dispensed where they are due, and Tucker Carlson has earned these

My estimation of Tucker Carlson has gone way south recently. His Iran-and-North-Korea-don't-pose-threats schtick is just plain off the rails, and it unsettles me greatly that he seems to have the Very Stable Genius's ear. I also am none too fond of his the-free-market's-blessings-have-their-limits protectionist stance, either.

But he's been nothing short of magnificent in the way he's handled his current dustup with Ilhan Omar. He was spot-on in saying that she is a walking warning about our immigration system, a statement that - surprise, surprise - got him called a racist by a CNN panel. 

And so last night, as I was making dinner, as his program was coming on FNC, I didn't change the channel, which I'd been doing lately. I knew he'd begin with a monologue about the situation. It was eloquent, fierce, factual and steeped in principle.  I thought it was fitting that he began with a look at the general state of the Democrat party:

Just a few years ago, even the most liberal Democrats in Congress felt obligated to say patriotic things about America. They may not have felt it, but they said it. Now, it’s routine to hear Democratic presidential candidates question the basic legitimacy of the United States.

Even supposed moderates, like Joe Biden, join in.

That should worry you. No country can survive being ruled by people who hate it.

His comparison of Omar to fellow Somali immigrant Ayaan Hirsi Ali was a perfect touch.

And his conclusion, in which he challenged all of us to look at how we've imbued cultural gatekeepers with the power to create Ilhan Omars, was a great way to send us all off a bit more aware of our responsibilities as citizens of post-America.

Good on ya, Tucker. More of this and less of that goofy stuff.

Sunday roundup

Open Doors USA president David Curry, writing at USA Today, takes American churches to task for not addressing persecution of Christians in lands such as Nigeria, Sri Lanka, India and China with requisite urgency.

The ABC affiliate in Austin oh-so-objectively reports on a nine-year-old-drag queen without saying a thing about how somebody really evil allowed this to happen.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune presents fresh evidence indicating that Ilhan Omar's marital track record is quite shaky. Looks like she arranged things to skirt immigration laws.

LITD likes this. Really, really, likes it:

Some upstate New York county clerks are taking a stand against the state’s controversial new lawgranting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.

Clerks in Erie, Rensselaer, Niagara and Allegany counties have said they won’t be handing out the licenses, despite the legislation signed Monday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Of all these items in today's roundup, your must-read is "The Madcap Caution of Donald Trump" by Rich Lowry at National Review:

Subtract Trump’s taste for nonstop controversy and rhetorical brinkmanship, and you’re left with an incrementalist center-right government that has pursued an expansionary fiscal policy and avoided foreign war, for a period of peace and prosperity that — in any other universe — would be at the core of a stay-the-course reelection message.

For a while, the Obama doctrine was, “Don’t do stupid stuff.” The Trump team has built out the doctrine to “Privately consider and sometimes openly threaten stupid stuff, but at the end of the day, don’t do it (usually).”

An example that has come along since Lowry penned his piece: the Very Stable Genius did a sudden about face on the ICE roundup of illegal aliens who had been turned down for asylum-seeker status.  Giving Congress two weeks to act, or then, by golly, he will authorize the roundup! Actually, a valid point can be made here - namely, that the legislative branch has, in this case and generally, been shirking the large role it's Constitutionally supposed to play in crafting policy, preferring instead to grandstand. However, in both this case and the Iranian non-response to the drone downing, the VSG has displayed a tin ear for momentum.

Ilhan Omar is one evil woman

Who else puts out tweets like this?

Ilhan Omar‏Verified account @IlhanMN

How many more protesters must be shot, rockets must be fired, and little kids must be killed until the endless cycle of violence ends? The status quo of occupation and humanitarian crisis in Gaza is unsustainable. Only real justice can bring about security and lasting peace.

I'll defer to Katie Pavlich re: the appropriate response:

Katie Pavlich‏Verified account @KatiePavlich

Katie Pavlich Retweeted Ilhan Omar

Also, who is “occupying” Gaza. Not a single Jew or Israeli lives there. They were literally dragged out of their homes for the sake of peace with the Palestinians and yet here we are.

There's clearly a tension in our society between the throw-the-gates-wide-open-and-let-'em-all-in crowd and the bunch that fits the definition of "nationalist" that wears its xenophobia on its sleeve. That tension would clearly be a lot less if we were a healthier society, not so given to tribalism and the extreme positions that that pushes us into.

But it ought to be clear to everyone that we're squandering our birthright as the pinnacle of the development of Western civilization. We are no longer a Judeo-Christian country, and that's a very bad thing. It leads to developments like Ilhan Omar getting elected to Congress.

And you can't really call her an outlier. She is, after all, one of the trio of freshman House members that also includes another Muslim woman of foreign origin (Rashid Tlaib) and a US-born but West-hating woman (AOC) who flaunt their ideological solidarity and the threat they pose to what has heretofore been a common understanding of what the United States of America is.

They set a precedent. Their rhetoric will be seen less and less as incendiary now.  Their Jew-hatred will get discussed as if it were just another viewpoint on the "American" spectrum.

It may well be too late to reverse this, but the first step if it's not is to call 2019 Democrat orientation out for what it is.

This woman is poison.

Nikki Haley gives Ilhan Omar a proper smackin'

The Minnesota Congresswoman gave an interview to Amy Goodman of the sewer of West-hatred "independent news hour" Democracy Now! and used the occasion to blame the United States for the current situation in Venezuela.

National treasure Nikki Haley wasn't about to let that go unaddressed:

 @NikkiHaley

Nikki Haley Retweeted John Cooper

.@IlhanMN the avg Venezuelan adult has lost 24 lbs. Babies have no medicine. Families have to walk miles in the heat to get the only meal they may have that day. All bc of the corrupt Maduro regime. Your comments are so far from the truth. Cuba and Russia appreciate your support.

Nikki Haley added,