What Ilhan Omar Actually said

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6. Well, she never uses the phrase 'Israeli Lobby' . . .

At least not in this speech, Mary. She certainly implies the group lobbying for a foreign country but she doesn't actually say it.

In my mind, she's attempting to be careful, sensitive to the feelings of her Jewish constituents. Because, as she says, she knows what bigotry sounds like, knows the pain it inflicts from her own experience.

Guess it's all in how we read it. But it did take me by surprise after reading the heated criticism.

Btw, nice to hear our nannas were on the same page. My grandmother was a genuine hoot!