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In reply to the discussion: Top Foreign Affairs Dem rebukes Ilhan Omar for 'vile anti-Semitic slur' [View all]Scruffy1
(3,255 posts)Her ditrict has a large number of Palestinian immigrants and she is learning the hard way that Israel is the third rail of American politics. It is a problem that has gone on for generations and seems to be insoluble. To me, it's complete nonsense to conflate any criticism of Israel's policies with anti semitism, but it is dead certain that you will be pilloried if you speak up. Of course, all these people complaining probably don't live in her district, which is 64% white and about 20% African American. She got 78% of the vote. I have no numbers on it, but all of my Jewish friends voted for her. I'm considered Jewish by a lot of people even though I take no part in any organized religion and don't really identify myself that way. I'm very proud of her and she is probably saying what a lot of people in Congress would say if they were from very safe districts like hers.