Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Ilhan Omar blasts Harris-Walz tapping Liz Cheney

Rep. Ilhan Omar stuck close to the Democratic ticket through the turbulent election year, never calling on President Joe Biden to step aside but quickly getting behind Vice President Kamala Harris when he did. It was a show of unity from a progressive Democrat not always in tune with her party's center, and it came amid signs that Harris and Gov. Tim Walz were shifting focus from progressive priorities in the leadup to Election Day. Now, as the Minnesota congresswoman and her allies prepare for a second Trump administration and all it could bring, she is lamenting some of her party's missed opportunities and missteps. Republicans "are clear about who they are fighting and who they are fighting for," Omar said in an interview in her Capitol Hill office. "And as Democrats, we are not clear about that." "For me, I've always been clear about that. I don't want to fight and risk losing the White House, but I also am very clear about who I fight for," she said.

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Omar, elected earlier this month to her fourth term in Congress representing Minneapolis and several of its suburbs, has become a face of the progressive movement, as deputy chair of the House Progressive Caucus and founding members of the left flank group that calls itself the Squad.

The war in Gaza left Omar, one of the fiercest critics of Israel's actions, walking a delicate line between pressuring Biden and the Harris-Walz ticket to call for an end to the conflict, while also rooting for them to win the election.

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Wow, so critique seems to be allowed within the Democratic Party, as opposed to what happens in the MAGA cult when someone dares to disagree with the cult leader.


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-26 06:13 PM

That fat MAGAT whore can go ---- off.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-11-26 09:09 PM


@#2 ... That fat MAGAT whore can go ---- off. ...

If your comment is referring to fmr Rep Cheney, I would disagree.

Strongly.

Yeah, I have a strong disagreement with her political views (and I have said that a few times here).

However, where she and I strongly agree is the rule of the Constitution.

And it was her pledge to uphold the Constitution that lead the MAGA cult to expel her from the Republican party.

So, she put her oath to support the Constitution over the views of her party.

That is a good thing, yes?



#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-26 09:21 PM

"So, she put her oath to support the Constitution over the views of her party.

That is a good thing, yes?"e Congress out

Yes, of course! Now consider some proposed Trump appointees who want to take Congress out of it's Constitutional appropriations role.

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#4 | Posted by danni at 2024-11-27 07:25 AM

WTF had Omar ever offered other than complete and utter --------?

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-11-28 02:51 PM

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