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Ilhan Omar

  1. politics
    Ilhan Omar smiling at the mic after winning her primary
    Ilhan Omar Breaks the Squad’s Summer Losing StreakShe defeated her Democratic challenger, keeping hold of her seat just weeks after her colleagues Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush lost theirs.
    By Nia Prater
  2. politics
    U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to commemorate Earth Day, in Triangle
    Why Is the Squad Backing Biden So Forcefully?Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her political brethren have come out swinging for the president as he battles Democratic doubters.
    By Nia Prater
  3. politics
    Jamaal Bowman Lost. Is Another Squad Member Next?Bowman’s resounding defeat may not bode well for Missouri’s Cori Bush, who faces a fierce primary challenge.
    By Nia Prater
  4. politics
    Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants to Censure Omar Over Words She Didn’t SayIlhan Omar is being accused of making “treasonous” remarks during a recent speech. But reports claim that her speech was mistranslated.
    By Nia Prater
  5. the national interest
    The GOP Attack on Ilhan Omar Trivializes AntisemitismElevating Marjorie Taylor Greene exposes the hypocrisy.
    By Jonathan Chait
  6. false equivalence
    Ilhan Omar and Marjorie Taylor Greene Are Not EquivalentIt’s lazily convenient to lump these two “extremists” together. But there’s no comparison in what they’ve said and how they’ve dealt with criticism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. politics
    Ilhan Omar Backs Down In Latest Blowup With DemocratsThe congresswoman’s remarks about Israel, Hamas, the U.S., and the Taliban were taken out of context, and she was forced to issue a “clarification.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. marjorie taylor greene
    Kevin McCarthy Decides to Protect Marjorie Taylor GreeneThe top House Republican gave his conspiratorial, pro-violence colleague a slap-on-the-wrist and said he’ll fight efforts to take her off committees.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. vision 2020
    Trump Says Biden Will Make Minnesota a ‘Refugee Camp’The president turned the racism dial up to 11 during a rally in Duluth.
    By Benjamin Hart
  10. politics
    Ilhan Omar Wins Democratic Primary in Minnesota’s 5th DistrictWith Omar defeating a progressive challenger with support from pro-Israel groups, all four Squad members are expected to return to Congress in 2021.
    By Matt Stieb
  11. obits
    Ilhan Omar’s Father Has Died From Coronavirus“It is with tremendous sadness and pain to say goodbye to my father, Nur Omar Mohamed. No words can describe what he meant to me.”
    By Claire Lampen
  12. ilhan omar
    Only U.S. Military Can Have PTSD, Representative Tells War RefugeeIlhan Omar fled war-torn Somalia as a child and grew up in a Kenya refugee camp.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  13. gop
    GOP Cuts Aid to House Candidate Over Death Threats to Ilhan Omar, AOCIt was the second time Omar faced a death threat from a Republican candidate for the House that week.
    By Matt Stieb
  14. politics
    Ilhan Omar Urges Compassion for the Man Who Threatened to Kill Her“Who are we as a nation if we respond to threats of political retribution with retribution ourselves?”
    By Hannah Gold
  15. ilhan omar
    Alabama Republicans Vote to Remove Ilhan Omar After Endorsing Roy MooreState Republicans think Omar is an un-American bigot who shouldn’t hold office. That says more about their idea of who should than about her.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  16. racism
    Steve King’s Political Prospects May Be Fading, but His Party’s Racism Is NotKing is one of his party’s most flagrant bigots — but not by much.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  17. islamophobia
    Trump’s Tweets Prove GOP Attacks on Omar, Tlaib Were Always About IslamophobiaThe anti-Semitism allegations were just a cover.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  18. politics
    Trump Insults Several Million American JewsBut don’t expect any Republican condemnation of the president’s offensive remark.
    By Benjamin Hart
  19. rashida tlaib
    Rashida Tlaib: I Won’t Visit Grandmother Under Israel’s ‘Oppressive’ ConditionsThe congresswoman understandably chooses defiance over political humiliation.
    By Benjamin Hart
  20. israel
    By Barring Omar and Tlaib, Netanyahu Did BDS a Huge FavorCalling attention to Israel’s illiberalism and the congresswomen’s advocacy for Palestinian rights will increase support for BDS.
    By Eric Levitz
  21. politics
    Israel Bars Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib From VisitingPresident Trump is enthusiastically onboard with this terrible decision.
    By Benjamin Hart
  22. ilhan omar
    Profiling Doesn’t Bother Conservatives Unless It Targets White PeopleA deceptively edited video of Ilhan Omar describing the pitfalls of racial profiling has conservatives accusing her of racism.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  23. conspiracies
    A QAnon Supporter Is Challenging Ilhan Omar in 2020: ReportAccording to a spokesperson, Danielle Stella, a Republican challenger to Omar, “stands 100 percent behind the principles … that Qanon promotes.”
    By Matt Stieb
  24. inexperience
    President Trump Disdains Inexperience When It’s Not His or His Administration’sTrump’s latest tweets deride AOC and Ilhan Omar for their ‘inexperience.’ He also wanted Ivanka, who is ‘good with numbers,’ to run the World Bank.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  25. send her back
    Watch Fox News’ Chris Wallace Confront Stephen Miller on ‘Send Her Back’ ChantWallace didn’t buy Miller’s idea of Trump advancing a “colorblind society,” and called out the far-right adviser for his boss’s terrible rhetoric.
    By Matt Stieb
  26. free speech
    GOP: Ilhan Omar Is Un-American Because She Supports the First AmendmentOmar’s so-called “BDS resolution” merely affirms Americans’ constitutional right to participate in boycotts.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. racism
    Republicans Don’t Want Racist Chants to Define Them — Just Racist PoliciesRepublicans have expressed concern that Trump’s racist remarks are distracting the public from the GOP’s policies — which are even more racist.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  28. the national interest
    Trump Says He Stopped the ‘Send Her Back’ Chant. (He Didn’t.)President faces blowback from racist campaign message, signals retreat, for now.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. politics
    Conservative Reactions to Trump Crowd’s ‘Send Her Back’ ChantRanging from “the chant was terrible” to “Trump should make it his 2020 campaign slogan.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  30. the national interest
    Trump Goads Crowd Into Urging Deportation of Congressional DemocratTrump does away with his defenders’ pretense that he was just saying his critics are free to leave the country.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. conservatism
    Trump’s Racist Tweets Expose the True Color of Conservative NationalismTrump and his intellectual allies keep equating opposition to white supremacy with hatred for America.
    By Eric Levitz
  32. ilhan omar
    Ilhan Omar: Trump Has ‘Agenda of White Nationalists’At a press conference responding to Trump’s attack on four congresswomen of color, Omar repeated the call for Democrats to impeach the president.
    By Matt Stieb
  33. racism
    Trump Attacks Democratic Congresswomen With White Nationalist RhetoricWith his reelection campaign now underway, the president is trying out an even bigger dog whistle.
    By Chas Danner
  34. racism
    Tucker Carlson’s Latest Attack on Ilhan Omar Is a Pack of Racist LiesThe Fox News host is living proof that right-wing political correctness has become dangerous for this country.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. 9/11
    Health Care for 9/11 Victims Is Expensive, But Islamophobia Is FreeJon Stewart’s testimony demonstrates how the GOP invokes 9/11 to inflame bigotry while remaining noncommittal on funding health care for its victims.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  36. politics
    After Smearing of Obama, Democrats Should Know How to Defend Ilhan OmarFor eight years, the right wing lobbed false, anti-Muslim attacks at Obama. Did Democrats actually learn from it?
    By Sarah Jones
  37. mueller time
    Trump Deserves Impeachment. But Should the Democrats Do It?Yes, Mueller seems to have provided an “impeachment referral.” But it remains risky and perhaps unnecessary this close to the 2020 election.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. the national interest
    Trump Is Attacking Not Ilhan Omar But All Muslims and MinoritiesA campaign of vilification and dehumanization that goes far beyond the pseudo-outrage at one exhausting member of Congress.
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. rhetoric
    Ilhan Omar Is Facing Death Threats. It’s Good That Democrats Are Defending Her.The Atlantic’s David Frum argues that Democrats are making a strategic mistake by rallying behind Ilhan Omar.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  40. ilhan omar
    Why ‘Civility’ Protects Dan Crenshaw But Not Ilhan OmarAndy Barr wants Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to be more “civil” when addressing Dan Crenshaw. But Crenshaw’s treatment of Ilhan Omar was anything but.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  41. power
    Trump Video Leads to More Death Threats Against Ilhan OmarTrump tweeted a misleading video of comments she made at the Council on American Islamic Relations last month.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  42. ilhan omar
    Pelosi Requests More Security for Ilhan Omar Following Trump’s 9/11 AttackMeanwhile, Sarah Sanders said on Sunday that Trump’s Islamophobic attack was a “good thing.”
    By Chas Danner
  43. ilhan omar
    Ilhan Omar Never Stood a ChancePolitical attacks against the Muslim Minnesota congresswoman — culminating in one from the president — have devolved into pure Islamophobic id.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  44. the national interest
    Republicans Prove Ilhan Omar Is Right About Anti-Muslim Bigotry“You have to wonder if she is an American first,” says Fox News host who claims to be offended at dual loyalty smears.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. stephen miller
    If You Are Defending Stephen Miller, You Are an Ally of Anti-SemitismMiller’s white-nationalist politics are far more dangerous for American Jews than anything Ilhan Omar has ever tweeted.
    By Eric Levitz
  46. identity politics
    The GOP’s Cynical New Identity-Politics PlaySenate Republicans are looking to back bills that rebuke anti-Semitism — despite their own party’s complicity in anti-Semitic violence.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  47. politics
    Ilhan Omar Tests the Democratic Party. Will It Pass?Democrats like Omar aren’t nihilists. They have taken a great chance on the party and its capacity for self-reflection.
    By Sarah Jones
  48. donald trump
    Trump’s Claim That Democrats Are an ‘Anti-Jewish Party’ Is AbsurdHis reaction to the Ilhan Omar controversy ignores a century of strongly pro-Democratic Jewish sentiment, which continues today.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. interesting times
    How Should We Talk About the Israel Lobby’s Power?Representative Ilhan Omar failed to address it effectively. But it’s a legitimately difficult thing to do.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  50. the national interest
    Two Dozen House Republicans Oppose Anti-Hate Resolution for Some ReasonYou say you want a resolution?
    By Jonathan Chait
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