fbpx

Shaheen criticizes Omar for ‘expressing hate’ toward America

Shaheen criticizes Omar for ‘expressing hate’ toward America_60f1aff143509.jpeg

Rep. Matt Shaheen takes Rep. Ilhan Omar to task for her remarks regarding alleged U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan.

“Another liberal Democrat expressing hate toward our nation, comparing us to terrorists. Americans must stand united against anti-American rhetoric,” Shaheen tweeted.

Omar wrote a tweet saying the U.S. and Israel had committed “unthinkable atrocities” similar to Hamas and the Taliban, Fox News reported. In tweets and as a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Omar alleged the claims against the U.S. and Israel. 

She received push back in tweets, press releases and interviews from Sen. Tom Cotton, Sen. Marco Rubio, the Simon Wiesenthal Center and even fellow House Democrat Rep. Brad Sherman, who said she made “outrageous and clearly false” statements, Fox News reported.

“It’s time for all of Israel’s detractors to condemn Hamas,” Sherman said in a press release. “And it’s time for all those of good will to reject any moral equivalency between the U.S. and Israel on one hand, and Hamas and the Taliban on the other.”

Following her tweets and House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing with Sec. of State Antony Blinken, Omar has been under pressure from Republicans to leave that committee assignment. The Simon Wiesenthal Center called for her “to be stripped of her committee assignments for accusing the U.S. of crimes against humanity,” the New York Post said. 

Cotton wrote in a tweet that Omar “was a refugee from Somalia and America welcomed her. If she really believes America is a hateful country on par with the Taliban and Hamas, she’s welcome to leave,” the New York Post wrote. 

At the committee hearing, Omar alleged that the U.S. committed war crimes in Afghanistan and Israel had done the same in its conflicts with Arabs. She asked Blinken by tweet where would the victims of these alleged crimes go rather than the International Criminal Courts (ICC). Blinken replied that neither the U.S. nor Israel are members of the ICC, the New York Post reported. 

“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 [Blinken] where people are supposed to go for justice,” Omar tweeted, Fox News reported.

Israel and Hamas fought an 11-day war during which thousands of missiles were fired into Israeli territory and the death toll from the fighting reached more than 200 in Gaza and 12 people in Israel, CNBC said.

President Joe Biden said the U.S. practiced “quiet, intensive diplomacy” to help broker a cease fire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The White House resisted pressure from progressive Democrats to pressure Israel and to take a more high profile role in the peacemaking process, CNBC reported.

Biden said the U.S. would play a post-war role in helping Israel replenish its Iron Dome system while offering humanitarian aide to the people of Gaza in a partnership with the Palestinian Authority (PA) and not Hamas, he told CNBC. 

Support our non-profit journalism

Submit a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Continue reading on the app
Expand article