Left-Wing Media Ignores Ilhan Omar Comparing Israel to Terrorists
Racist "Squad" member Ilhan Omar recently compared Israel to terrorist groups, but you wouldn't know that if you exist inside the fake news bubble at ABC and CBS and the like. Omar made the remarks on Monday, but those networks completely ignored the offensive and anti-Semitic remarks.
Fox News reports that a Media Research Center analysis found that the networks completely ignored not only the controversial remarks, but the backlash that followed:
According to the MRC, NBC eventually reported on the controversy in its Thursday nightly news report, but seemingly downplayed the backlash by Omar's fellow Democrats calling her out for using "false equivalences" to "give cover to terrorist groups." ABC and CBS still had not covered the story following their Friday morning news programs.
"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 [Secretary of State Antony Blinken] where people are supposed to go for justice," Omar tweeted Monday.
Omar's tweet that started the controversy is still active:
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. pic.twitter.com/tUtxW5cIow
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) June 7, 2021
Omar's remarks drew bipartisan criticism, including from 12 Democrat House members calling them "offensive" and "misguided."
@RepAuchincloss, @RepTedDeutch, @RepLoisFrankel, @RepJoshG, @RepElaineLuria, @RepKManning, @RepJerryNadler, @RepDeanPhillips, @RepKimSchrier, @BradSherman, @RepDWStweets
We urge Rep Omar to clarify her words placing the US and Israel in the same category as Hamas and the Taliban pic.twitter.com/KfcnmpLRO6
— Rep. Brad Schneider (@RepSchneider) June 10, 2021
Omar responded by blasting her colleagues, calling it "shameful" for them to have a problem with the racist comparison between Israel and terrorists. According to her, it was also "Islamophobic."
It's shameful for colleagues who call me when they need my support to now put out a statement asking for "clarification" and not just call.
The islamophobic tropes in this statement are offensive. The constant harassment & silencing from the signers of this letter is unbearable. https://t.co/37dy2UduW0
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 10, 2021
While the rest of the "Squad" stepped in to defend her, the rest of us just want Ilhan Omar to go away.