Ilhan Omar would have you believe that she’s been oppressed and vilified ever since she stepped foot into the United States when she was twelve years old. She would have us believe that she’s been continually marginalized and criticized solely because she is a Muslim. Today she decided free speech has limits. Why? Because quoting her is ‘dangerous incitement.’
What did she say? The comment in question starts right at 15:15 into her speech.
If you didn’t care to watch, and I don’t blame you, this is exactly what she said.
““Here’s the truth: Far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen. And frankly, I’m tired of it, and every single Muslim in this country should be tired of it,” Ms. Omar told the crowd. “CAIR was founded after 9/11, because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties.”” [Emphasis Added]
When I first read that she’d said that, I thought I broke my jaw it had clunked so hard onto the floor. She talks all the time about being diminished because of who she is, and because Muslims are considered 2nd class citizens by the rest of us. Yet it’s totally ok to dismiss the events of 9/11 as if it was just this minor inconvenience and diminish those who were killed and those who ran into danger to save lives.
But that’s right where we are. Ilhan Omar is now a media darling with two magazine covers under her belt and her racism and blatant anti-semitism is no big deal. This from Newsweek.
“To be sure, Omar and Tlaib are no friends of Israel. And while defenders acknowledge they could be more sensitive in their language, they reject the accusation that they’re anti-Semites.“These two congresswoman are shaking off the old mindset with regard to the Palestine question,” Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-based Muslim civil liberties organization, tells Newsweek. “They’re not trying to fit into the historical Washington mindset, which has been unjustly pro-Israel for decades. And they represent a whole new generation of progressive activists nationwide.””
No, Omar isn’t a friend of Israel. She wants Palestine to be recognized and Israel to be wiped off the map, and threw a Twitter fit about people questioning her antipathy towards Israel while whining at the same time that she is pro-American.
If she was so pro-American, she wouldn’t complain about this Republic every time she opens her mouth.
If she is so pro-American, she wouldn’t have so emphatically dissed the events of 9/11 and lied about when CAIR was founded, 1994 for those wondering. Then again, her actions just after the attacks are very telling.
“After 9/11, Omar donned the hijab, not so much out of religious conviction, she has said, as from a determination to show her cultural identity at a time when many Americans viewed Muslims with suspicion.”
Given her comments at the CAIR speech in California the other week, it’s understandable that she’d be called out about them by many. Congressman Dan Crenshaw was one.
First Member of Congress to ever describe terrorists who killed thousands of Americans on 9/11 as “some people who did something”.
Unbelievable.
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Brian Kilmeade discussed her remarks as well. This morning we find out that Ilhan doesn’t like being directly quoted.
This is dangerous incitement, given the death threats I face. I hope leaders of both parties will join me in condemning it.
My love and commitment to our country and that of my colleagues should never be in question. We are ALL Americans!
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She is literally telling everyone that no one can quote her lest we be accused of ‘dangerous incitement.’
Dan was having none of it.
1. I never called you un-American.
2. I did not incite any violence against you.
3. You described an act of terrorism on American soil that killed thousands of innocent lives as “some people did something.”
It’s still unbelievable, as is your response here.
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Ilhan, you want to know what the danger is here? Telling us that we aren’t allowed to quote your exact words. You are literally saying that our freedom of speech has limits that are, evidently, arbitrarily decided by you. Limiting our speech is as un-American as it gets.
Thankfully for all of us, our Founders knew what they were doing when they wrote the First Amendment. So Ilhan, you go right ahead with your speaking. We’ll go right on ahead with quoting you. That’s how this works.
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