Photo : Mark Wilson ( Getty Images ) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) isn’t here to be liked, she’s here to call it as she sees it, and as such, she’s quickly moving up the “Auntie Maxine reclaiming my time” list of righteous women who don’t have the energy to placate the public. Advertisement On Monday, Omar called Stephen Miller, the assumed puppet master behind the president’s draconian hard-line stance on immigration, a “white nationalist. ” “Stephen Miller is a white nationalist,” Omar tweeted. “The fact that he still has influence on policy and political appointments is an outrage.” Stephen Miller is a white nationalist. My guess is that if you asked Miller if he was a white nationalist, he would probably shoot a “heil Hitler,” drop the white power gang sign, then skate off gripping his tiki torch. In addition to being an immigration hardliner, Miller is also an asshole. He’s been an asshole all of his life. In high school, he campaigned against cleaning up after himself, noting that he couldn’t be the only one who was tired of being told to pick up his trash when there were several well-paid janitors who could do it for him. He also went on Face the Nation with a full head of white man bigen. Advertisement Miller is only in the White Nationalist House because the president is also a white nationalist, but he’s too stupid to know how to implement laws to hurt other races so he leans on Miller for that. It’s been Miller who’s reportedly been the architect of some of Trump’s “most aggressive immigration policies, including family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border and a travel ban affecting immigrants from seven countries—five of them Muslim majority. Trump has been pushing in recent days to restore the family separation policy, according to reports,” HuffPost reports. Advertisement So Omar linked her tweet to a Splinter article that called Miller a “white nationalist” that linked Miller to Trump’s decision to “withdraw the nomination of Ronald Vitiello to be the next confirmed head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.” From HuffPost: Miller reportedly urged Trump to scrap Vitiello, a 30-year veteran of U.S. Border Patrol, because he didn’t favor shutting down the southern border, which Trump has threatened in recent weeks to stem the surge of migrants seeking U.S. entry from Mexico. Immigration experts have described Trump’s threat to close the southern border as short-sighted. John Sandweg, the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said shutting down the border would do “absolutely nothing” to stop the flow of Central American migrants into the U.S. Advertisement “The administration sees an opportunity in this crisis,” Sandweg said, HuffPost reports. “The immigration folks in the administration have never liked the asylum laws. They don’t like the idea that the United States provides a safe haven for people fleeing political persecution.” Former White House adviser Cliff Simms claimed that Miller once said he would be “happy if not a single refugee foot ever again touched America’s soil.” Advertisement Miller’s uncle, David. S. Glosser, told HuffPost in August that he believes his nephew thinks that other ethnicities are “unworthy or inherently unsuited to life” in America. None of this stopped her detractors from continuing to push this imagined narrative that Omar is anti-S emitic because Miller is Jewish. Advertisement “During my time in Congress before @IlhanOmar got here, I didn’t once witness another Member target Jewish people like this with the name calling & other personal attacks,” Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), perhaps Omar’s most relentless critic, wrote on Twitter. “In 2019 though, for @IlhanOmar, this is just called Monday.” “I see that the head of the Farrakhan Fan Club, @IlhanMN, took a short break from spewing her usual anti-semitic bigotry today to accuse a Jewish man of being a ‘white nationalist’ because she apparently has no shame,” wrote Trump Jr., referring to Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, The Washington Post reports Advertisement From the Post: Claims of anti-Semitism have vexed Omar since she took office this year, after she suggested that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), an influential Jewish lobbying group, wielded power over members of Congress through money. But to Omar’s backers, the ubiquitous attacks from the right since then have amounted to a politically expedient smear campaign that trivializes the meaning of true anti-Semitism. To others, it’s part of a greater effort to silence women of color in Congress, fueling vitriolic attacks and death threats. Advertisement So Omar called a Jewish man d ressed up as a white nationalist, well, a white nationalist, and something tells me that somewhere Miller is lacing up his boat shoes and smiling.<doc-sep>Omar has long argued that her condemnation of the Israeli government’s treatment of the Palestinian people has been erroneously conflated with condemnation of Jewish people. In February, she apologized for using what was criticized as an anti-Semitic trope when she suggested that AIPAC could buy support from members of Congress. “It’s all about the Benjamins baby,” she tweeted at the time, making a reference to $100 bills. Last month, she was accused of suggesting that Jews harbor “dual loyalty” to the United States and Israel after slamming “the political influence in this country that says it is okay for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country.”<doc-sep>The White House on Wednesday slammed Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for calling White House adviser Stephen Miller a white nationalist, describing her remarks as “completely ignorant” and accusing her of “wildly” attacking a Jewish member of the administration. “Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has a well-documented history of anti-Semitic comments, social media posts and relationships – so it’s not surprising that she would wildly attack a Jewish member of the Administration,” Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley said in a statement. CRENSHAW CALLS OUT OMAR FOR DESCRIBING 9/11 ATTACKS AS 'SOME PEOPLE DID SOMETHING' “It is completely ignorant to slander a Jewish man as a White Nationalist, and it dishonors the Jewish victims of anti-Semitic persecution across the globe.” he said. Omar had sparked controversy Monday when she branded Miller, known for his hardline views on immigration, a white nationalist and said that “the fact that he still has influence on policy and political appointments is an outrage.” Her remarks came after the resignation of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and a Wall Street Journal report that said Trump had told Miller “you’re in charge” of the administration’s immigration policy Omar has her own history of controversy, particularly relating to her criticism of Israel and U.S. support of the Middle East democracy. In March she suggested that supporters of Israel were pushing for U.S. politicians to declare "allegiance" to that nation. “I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is OK for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country," Omar said. "I want to ask why is it OK for me to talk about the influence of the NRA, of fossil fuel industries, or big pharma, and not talk about a powerful lobbying movement that is influencing policy?" TRUMP SAYS DEMS HAVE LET ANTI-SEMITISM 'TAKE ROOT' IN THEIR PARTY That came after she apologized for suggesting in February that some members of Congress were being paid by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) to support Israel: “It’s all about the Benjamins baby,” she tweeted. President Trump has repeatedly criticized Omar and, speaking to the Republican Jewish Coalition (RCJ) on Saturday, “thanked” her and then feigned surprise when the audience booed the reference. “Oh, oh, I forgot, she doesn’t like Israel, I forgot, I’m so sorry, no, she doesn’t like Israel, does she?” he said. On Tuesday, he quoted strategist Jeff Ballabon, who said it was unacceptable for Omar to “target Jews, in this case Stephen Miller.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Asked by reporters on Wednesday about Miller, Trump called him a “brilliant man” but added that there’s “only one person that’s running [immigration policy].” “You know who that is? It’s me,” he said. Fox News' Blake Burman contributed to this report<doc-sep>Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar called White House adviser Stephen Miller a “white nationalist” in a tweet on Monday afternoon. Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota and one of the first Muslim women elected to congress, made the statement as Miller reportedly pushed President Trump to move immigration enforcement in “tougher direction.” “Stephen Miller is a white nationalist. The fact that he still has influence on policy and political appointments is an outrage,” Omar wrote in the tweet, accompanied by a link to a story about Miller in Splinter News. Miller, an immigration hardliner, has been the driving force behind a number of Trump’s controversial immigration policies, including the travel ban and family separation on the southern border. Critics of the congresswoman, including Donald Trump Jr., quickly condemned her statement. “I see that the head of the Farrakhan Fan Club, @IlhanMN, took a short break from spewing her usual anti-semitic bigotry today to accuse a Jewish man of being a ‘white nationalist’ because she apparently has no shame,” Trump Jr. wrote on Twitter. Omar has been criticized in recent weeks for a number of statements that critics say were rife with anti-semitic tropes. In March, Omar suggested that American supporters of Israel are forced to “pledge allegiance” to the nation.<doc-sep>
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) this week unleashed on Stephen Miller — a senior adviser to President Donald Trump and immigration hardliner reported having been crucial in ousting Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen — calling him a “white nationalist” in a Twitter thread. “Stephen Miller is a white nationalist,” Omar tweeted Monday afternoon. “The fact that he still has influence on policy and political appointments is an outrage.” Miller has rankled many in the administration and on Capitol Hill with his hardline views on immigration. He was the architect of the president’s disastrous first travel ban, a barely palatable spinoff of his proposed Muslim ban. Miller helped to limit the U.S. intake of refugees to a record low. According to a former Trump aide, he once said, “I would be happy if not a single refugee foot ever again touched American soil.” His opposition to Nielsen’s more moderate views reportedly facilitated her ouster, to the consternation of even Republican lawmakers. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IO) this week slammed Miller for ensuring the president has failed to deliver any successes on immigration. Nonetheless, supporters of the president leaped to Miller’s defense in the face of Omar’s criticism, pointing out that Miller is Jewish and accusing Omar of anti-Semitism for suggesting his right-wing immigration beliefs make him a white nationalist. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) suggested Omar’s criticism of Miller was part of a pattern of attacking Jews with “name calling & other personal attacks.” During my time in Congress before @IlhanOmar got here, I didn’t once witness another Member target Jewish people like this with the name calling & other personal attacks. In 2019 though, for @IlhanOmar, this is just called Monday. https://t.co/sgvsEvsj56 — Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) April 9, 2019 Don Jr., the president’s son, and Matt Wolking, a member of the Trump 2020 campaign, joined in: I see that the head of the Farrakhan Fan Club, @IlhanMN, took a short break from spewing her usual anti-semitic bigotry today to accuse a Jewish man of being a “white nationalist” because she apparently has no shame. https://t.co/y96IG8E7Y6 — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) April 8, 2019 He’s Jewish, and Ilhan Omar is a racist anti-Semite https://t.co/1wsvsrdwEL — Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) April 8, 2019 Miller’s critics, including J Street communications director Logan Bayroff, defended Omar: . @IlhanMN is right. Steve Miller is a white nationalist, as is Steve Bannon. You’re just their pathetic cheerleader and enabler. https://t.co/ZLaDfEedGp — Logan Bayroff (@Bayroff) April 9, 2019 Ilhan Omar: Stephen Miller is a white nationalist. Overwhelming majority of U.S. Jews including members of Miller’s own family: Yes it’s true, he is a disgrace. All of the white nationalists: how dare this Muslim contend that a Jew could be one of us. https://t.co/FCP1dUZQdJ — Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) April 9, 2019 “Top White House adviser Stephen Miller reportedly told an old classmate that they could no longer be friends because the man was Latino”https://t.co/XqUfJcTVXE https://t.co/MCozmx76Rn — Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) April 9, 2019 You have to be living in a serious bubble to think that Stephen Miller is not a white nationalist. https://t.co/c6IdI3J2Qy — Elad Nehorai (@PopChassid) April 9, 2019 Writer Elad Nehorai also replied to a writer at Breitbart, once known as the home of the alt-right, who had criticized Omar: You are also a Jew. And a white nationalist. And run the largest purveyor of white nationalism online. And the fact that you and Miller are Jewish doesn’t change that. It just makes it all the more sickening. https://t.co/n7AZ4sHOzu — Elad Nehorai (@PopChassid) April 9, 2019 Joel works for Breitbart, a white nationalist website. Steve Bannon, former chairman of Breitbart, called it a “platform for the alt-right.” When Milo worked at there, he collaborated directly with Nazis to publish their ideas on Breitbart. Joel can STFU https://t.co/lwq1xnLmOo — Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) April 9, 2019 Have a tip we should know? [email protected]