(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Ilhan Omar’s statement from 2019 against white men has drawn criticism once again from prominent Republican commentators and Twitter personalities, accusing her of promoting divisiveness.
During the infamous interview with Al Jazeera, Omar, D-Minn., bluntly claimed, “I would say our country should be more fearful of white men across our country because they are actually causing most of the deaths within this country.”
While the video is from 2019, conservatives have rallied behind the infamous video once again. Leading the charge, political commentator Tim Young condemned Omar’s remarks, stating, “First of all, racist. If I said that about any other race, you switch it out, I would be banned from every platform right away and I would never be a member of Congress like her.”
Republican commentator Gunther Eagleman echoed similar sentiments, calling Omar “race baiting trash who doesn’t deserve a seat in Congress.”
Political strategist Joey Mannarino criticized the apparent double standard, saying, “If I said that about her people, I would be cancelled and deplatformed. But since I’m not a racist, I never would.”
Mannarino also questioned Omar’s hypocrisy over her marriage to a white man “who only fundraises for Democrats ONLY” and added, “Not all white men are dangerous, just one. JOE BIDEN.”
Newsmax host Rob Schmitt made a personal attack against Omar’s husband, saying, “Imagine the level of simp Ilhan Omar married […] she prob makes him ask for permission to pee.”
Kyle Becker, the founder of Becker News, rejected arguments about racism being dependent on power disparities, stating, “Ilhan Omar is a Congresswoman. (Somehow.) She has more power than me and 99.9% of the public. Now, shut the f*** up.”
Let me address a stupid counter-argument about 'racism' being dependent on power disparities.
Ilhan Omar is a Congresswoman. (Somehow.) She has more power than me and 99.9% of the public. Now, shut the f*** up.
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) July 27, 2023
This is not the first time Omar’s remarks have faced scrutiny. Her previous antisemitic remarks led to Republicans to oust her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Omar apologized, claiming ignorance, during an interview on CNN’s State of the Union, saying, “I might have used words at the time that I didn’t understand were trafficking in antisemitism. When that was brought to my attention, I apologized. I owned up to it.”
