Far-Left Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ilhan-omar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ilhan Omar</a> (D-MN) survived her Democratic primary race on Tuesday, winning by a more comfortable margin than her 2022 race when she was nearly upset. 
Omar, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-how-republicans-could-vote-to-oust-ilhan-omar-in-tuesdays-primary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was seen</a> as vulnerable after two of her fellow “Squad” members lost primary races earlier this year, won the Democratic nomination for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District with 56% of the vote. Challenger Don Samuels received 42.9% after almost pulling off an upset two years ago when he lost to Omar by just 2,500 votes. 
In a statement on X, Omar claimed that her win was a defeat for “special interests” and a win for “our movement.” 
“Whether it’s universal school meals, student debt cancellation, climate action, or a just foreign policy that reflects our values – the Fifth District showed tonight that we want to drive the nation toward a better future,” she said. “And our work is far from over. From protecting reproductive healthcare to reforming the Supreme Court to ending the genocide in Gaza to combatting the climate crisis–we will continue to fight for a more just world.”
Omar built a substantial fundraising advantage over Samuels, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-primary-senate-house-omar-ccc166cf0b9c42fb9dbb98ba0d35c258" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> raising around $6.2 million compared to Samuels&#8217; $1.4 million. Polling before the race also indicated that Omar would win, with one poll from July showing her with a 27-point lead. 
Earlier this year, Omar&#8217;s fellow “Squad” members Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) lost widely watched primaries. 
Those members, along with Omar, have come under sharp criticism for their opposition to Israel. The United Democracy Project, a super PAC affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), targeted Bowman and Bush with $24 million in spending. The super PAC did not spend money against Omar this cycle. 
During the race, Samuels tried to highlight his more pro-Israel views in contrast to Omar, who he <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/3120321/ilhan-omar-primary-squad-minnesota-elections/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> a “pawn for Hamas.”
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Omar, whose district is solidly Democratic, said she would now focus on backing Kamala Harris&#8217;s presidential campaign. She previously praised Harris’s decision to add Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to the ticket, citing his support to legalize recreational marijuana and “protections for reproductive rights.”

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Far-Left Ilhan Omar Fends Off Primary Challenger After Fellow ‘Squad’ Members Lose

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Galvanized by Rep. Cori Bush’s (D-MO) primary defeat, Minnesota Republicans are mounting an eleventh-hour campaign to make Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) the latest “Squad” member to lose her job.
Minnesota voters will decide Omar’s fate in Tuesday’s primary, in which she will face off against three Democratic challengers. Minnesota allows voters to participate in the primary of their choice, regardless of party affiliation. Since Republican candidate Dalia Al-Aqidi is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fight-between-good-and-evil-muslim-journalist-running-against-ilhan-omar-says-shes-taking-a-stand-for-israel">running unopposed</a>, there is a push for Minnesota Republicans to vote for one of Omar’s challengers.
The last-minute push—word of which is <a href="https://x.com/StopAntisemites/status/1821362204144279835">largely</a> <a href="https://x.com/MarinaMedvin/status/1821315707302269111">being</a> <a href="https://x.com/iamBrianBJ/status/1821027997341605973">spread</a> on X—comes after two of Omar’s fellow Squad members had significant upsets in their Democratic primaries this year. Bush lost her primary last week, and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) lost in June. Bush and Bowman’s increasingly anti-Israel rhetoric is widely seen to have alienated voters.
Don Samuels, who came within 2,500 votes of <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Minnesota%27s_5th_Congressional_District_election,_2022">defeating</a> Omar in 2022, is once again her top challenger.
Before running for Congress, Samuels was a Minneapolis City Councilman and Minneapolis School Board member. The Jamaican-born Samuels holds more pro-Israel views than Omar, who has faced criticism for her anti-Semitic and anti-Israel rhetoric since assuming office in 2019. Omar has been embroiled in controversy for ramping up that rhetoric in the wake of  Hamas’s  October 7 massacre of over 1,000 Israelis.
In April, Samuels attacked Omar for voting against bipartisan legislation aimed at curbing Iran, which had near-unanimous support from Democrats.
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Congress passed numerous bills to confront Iran this week after its unprecedented attack on Israel. This legislation was bipartisan and received near-unanimous support from Democrats. My opponent, Rep. Ilhan Omar, was one of only three Democrats to vote against every bill. <a href="https://t.co/8moBlzpTHB">pic.twitter.com/8moBlzpTHB</a>
— Don Samuels (@DonSamuelsMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonSamuelsMN/status/1781300929150492920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Samuels echoes mainstream Democratic positions on Israel and the Gaza War. On <a href="https://www.donsamuels.com/issues/middle-east/">his website</a>, he calls for Hamas to return hostages and lose its governing power in Gaza, but also for Israel to halt construction of new settlements and work towards a two-state solution.
Hoping to put a wider margin between herself and Samuels, Omar has boosted her fundraising efforts, reporting approximately $6.2 million in her pre-primary financial disclosure, according to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-primary-senate-house-omar-ccc166cf0b9c42fb9dbb98ba0d35c258">the Associated Press</a>. Samuels has raised around $1.4 million. 
Bush and Bowman attribute their losses to the United Democracy Project, a super PAC affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) which spent at least <a href="https://forward.com/fast-forward/641967/ilhan-omar-cori-bush-aipac-israel/">$24 million</a> to oust them.
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A disgruntled Bush attacked the groups in her concession speech, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/they-need-to-be-afraid-cori-bush-responds-to-primary-ouster-by-threatening-pro-israel-group">saying</a> “AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down.”
The United Democracy Project has not gotten involved in Omar’s race. In a Wednesday interview with the Forward, Samuels said he thinks AIPAC  is “missing an opportunity.&#8221;
A <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/house/2024/minnesota/5/">July poll</a> shows Omar leading Samuels by 27 points. An internal poll released by the Samuels campaign showed him slightly trailing Omar with over 20 percent of voters still undecided.
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Congress passed numerous bills to confront Iran this week after its unprecedented attack on Israel. This legislation was bipartisan and received near-unanimous support from Democrats. My opponent, Rep. Ilhan Omar, was one of only three Democrats to vote against every bill. <a href="https://t.co/8moBlzpTHB">pic.twitter.com/8moBlzpTHB</a>
— Don Samuels (@DonSamuelsMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonSamuelsMN/status/1781300929150492920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Early in-person voting began on June 28.

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Here’s How Republicans Could Vote to Oust Ilhan Omar In Tuesday’s Primary

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/another-squad-member-ousted-from-congress-missouris-cori-bush-loses-primary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cori Bush</a> (D-MO) responded to her primary ouster on Tuesday with a wild rant threatening the pro-Israel group AIPAC: &#8220;All they did was radicalize me, so now they need to be afraid. They about to see this other Cori, this other side &#8230; AIPAC, I&#8217;m coming to tear your kingdom down.&#8221;
Mark Maxwell, political editor at St. Louis NBC News affiliate KSDK, shared Bush&#8217;s response to her loss in a series of videos posted to X.
&#8220;Pulling me away from my position as Congresswoman, all you did was take some of the strings off,&#8221; she began. She then shouted, &#8220;Let&#8217;s be clear,&#8221; several times before adding, &#8220;Let&#8217;s talk about what it really is. Because see now I don&#8217;t have to worry about some strings that I have attached that as much as I love my job but all they did was radicalize me, so now they need to be afraid.&#8221;
&#8220;See, now they about to see this other Cori, this other side, because let me say this: I just grew up a whole lot more over the last few weeks, I just grew up a whole different way, and so what they are about to get,&#8221; she shouted, claiming that being ousted from Congress could only have happened because she had more important work to do outside the constraints of elected office. &#8220;AIPAC, I&#8217;m coming to tear your kingdom down.&#8221;
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Cori Bush defiant in defeat: &#8220;All they did was radicalize me, so now they need to be afraid.&#8221;
&#8220;They about to see this other Cori, this other side,&#8221; she said. &#8220;AIPAC, I&#8217;m coming to tear your kingdom down.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/690T0aEhmZ">pic.twitter.com/690T0aEhmZ</a>
— Mark Maxwell (@MarkMaxwellTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkMaxwellTV/status/1821058228953763891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;And let me put all of these corporations on notice: I&#8217;m coming after you too. But I&#8217;m not coming by myself. I&#8217;m coming with all the people that&#8217;s in here, that&#8217;s doing the work,&#8221; Bush continued. &#8220;What you didn&#8217;t want to do was allow me to get radicalized even more, because this is the thing: I ain&#8217;t scared. I don&#8217;t fear you! I don&#8217;t fear you!&#8221;
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She went on to say that Wesley Bell&#8217;s campaign only succeeded against her because of the money spent to oust her — largely after she vocally supported the anti-Israel protesters who harassed Jewish students and disrupted classes and graduation ceremonies on college campuses across the nation.
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Cori Bush hits at Wesley Bell for a looming civil trial, then sort of walks it back. &#8220;We need to build the community back, because what just happened helped to rip our community apart.&#8221; She prods him to do his &#8220;homework&#8221; about Palestinian and Arab and Muslim communities. <a href="https://t.co/tN8vSdobSa">pic.twitter.com/tN8vSdobSa</a>
— Mark Maxwell (@MarkMaxwellTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkMaxwellTV/status/1821058233328390309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Bush concluded by aiming a personal attack at Bell, currently serving as St. Louis County prosecuting attorney, alluding to an ongoing sex discrimination suit filed against his office. &#8220;The new member of Congress who will be taking over in January, you know, right before his trial starts &#8230; I&#8217;m sorry,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;We need to build the community back, because what just happened helped to rip our community apart,&#8221; she continued.
Bush got her start as an activist in Ferguson after the shooting death of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson, and has since used debunked claims about Brown to elevate herself and push for radical policies like &#8220;defund the police.&#8221; She toppled incumbent Rep. William &#8220;Lacy&#8221; Clay Jr. (D-MO) in 2020, but lost to Bell in Tuesday&#8217;s Democratic primary 51.2-45.6.
The soon-to-be-former Missouri Congresswoman has repeatedly blamed AIPAC for her plummeting poll numbers, after the organization <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/08/04/cori-bush-wesley-bell-aipac-negative-ads" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dumped $9 million</a> into ads supporting Bell in his efforts to oust her. Fellow &#8220;Squad&#8221; member Jamaal Bowman — who also sided with anti-Israel protesters in the wake of last year&#8217;s October 7 massacre — was ousted in similar fashion earlier this summer, and has also blamed AIPAC for his political demise.
Bush is also under investigation for money paid out to her security-guard-turned-husband, especially as she retains expensive private security while calling for fewer police protections for her own constituents.

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‘They Need To Be Afraid!’: Cori Bush Responds To Primary Ouster By Threatening Pro-Israel Group

'They Need To Be Afraid!': Cori Bush Responds To Primary Ouster By Threatening Pro-Israel Group

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cori-bush" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cori Bush</a> (D-MO) on Tuesday became the second member of the far-left anti-Israel &#8220;Squad&#8221; to lose her congressional seat to a challenger.
Decision Desk HQ called the race for St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell just after 9 p.m. local time with just over 40% of the vote tallied — at the time, Bell led Bush by double digits, holding 54.9% to Bush&#8217;s 41.8%.
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Decision Desk HQ projects Wesley Bell wins the Democratic primary for US House in Missouri&#8217;s 1st Congressional District. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DecisionMade?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DecisionMade</a>: 10:07pm ET
Follow live results here: <a href="https://t.co/R4bJ6cPREe">https://t.co/R4bJ6cPREe</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ikmo4vY6BU">pic.twitter.com/Ikmo4vY6BU</a>
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1821005331654164681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Polls indicated going into Tuesday&#8217;s primary that Bush might be in trouble.
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New poll shows Wesley Bell pulling ahead of SQUAD Member Cori Bush | <a href="https://t.co/qCxPrBSdLA">https://t.co/qCxPrBSdLA</a> <a href="https://t.co/okwAJxklWg">https://t.co/okwAJxklWg</a>
— Noble Road (@noble_road) <a href="https://twitter.com/noble_road/status/1820513430568390867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Bush first appeared on the local political scene in the wake of the Ferguson riots — where she was an active participant — and has continued to use lies about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sitting-members-of-congress-and-more-commemorate-ferguson-police-shooting-by-lying-about-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">what happened to Michael Brown</a> to push her political agenda. She has represented Missouri&#8217;s 1st Congressional District — which includes St. Louis City and parts of the outlying St. Louis County — since 2021, after unseating William &#8220;Lacy&#8221; Clay Jr. in the 202o election. She has since made a name for herself by quickly aligning with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and others on the radical Left.
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In the wake of the October 7th massacre — an unprecedented and unprovoked attack on Israel that was carried out by Hamas terrorists — Bush took the side of the pro-Hamas protesters who blamed Israel for the resulting war and threatened Jewish students on college campuses across the United States.
The Missouri Congresswoman has since been embroiled in controversy over funneling thousands to her husband, while he provides &#8220;security&#8221; for her even as she demands <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cori-defund-the-police-bush-pays-big-money-for-hubbys-security-business" target="_blank" rel="noopener">less police protection for others</a> while <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-cori-bush-reignites-calls-for-defunding-the-police-amid-violent-crime-surge">violent crime surges</a> in her home district.
Bush&#8217;s loss comes on the heels of another primary ouster 1,000 miles away — Rep. Jamaal Bowman, best known for pulling a fire alarm to stop an unfavorable vote from proceeding, lost by double digits after he too voiced support for campus pro-Hamas protesters in the aftermath of October 7th.
Both Bush and Bowman have claimed that, rather than their own radical policies, funding from AIPAC — a pro-Israel group — is the reason their campaigns floundered and ultimately failed.

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Another Squad Member Ousted From Congress: Missouri’s Cori Bush Loses Primary

Another Squad Member Ousted From Congress: Missouri's Cori Bush Loses Primary

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Members of the far-left “Squad” threw their support behind Tim Walz shortly after Vice President Kamala Harris tapped the Minnesota governor as her running mate.
Walz on Tuesday racked up endorsements from Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar (MN), Jamaal Bowman (NY), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY). The trio share Walz’s progressive positions on a number of issues, including illegal immigration and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
The “Squad’s” swift embrace of Walz could cause problems for the Harris campaign. While Democrats are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harris-expected-to-tap-minnesota-governor-tim-walz-as-running-mate">optimistic</a> that Walz’s folksy, midwestern charm could help balance Harris’ coastal progressivism, the governor actually had the most far-left record of any of the lawmakers on Harris’s vice presidential shortlist, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cpac-scores-show-how-far-left-harris-vp-contenders-are">reported</a>.
Endorsements from the “Squad” could serve to remind voters that Walz isn’t as moderate as he appears.
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“Congratulations to our next Vice President,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) wrote on X, boasting that Walz is “Bringing Minnesota nice to the ticket.” Omar also cheered Walz for “sign[ing] universal school meals, paid family and sick leave, marijuana legalization, and protections for reproductive rights into law.”
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Congratulations to our next Vice President <a href="https://twitter.com/Tim_Walz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Tim_Walz</a> 🥳
Our North Star state Governor has signed universal school meals, paid family and sick leave, marijuana legalization, and protections for reproductive rights into law.
Bringing Minnesota nice to the ticket 💪🏽 <a href="https://t.co/8fNZS1jsyG">pic.twitter.com/8fNZS1jsyG</a>
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1820820735771791753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Vice President Harris made an excellent decision in Gov. Walz as her running mate,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “Together, they will govern effectively, inclusively, and boldly for the American people.”
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Vice President Harris made an excellent decision in Gov. Walz as her running mate.
Together, they will govern effectively, inclusively, and boldly for the American people.
They won’t back down under tight odds, either &#8211; from healthcare to school lunch.
Let’s do this 💪🏽 <a href="https://t.co/9vttVTC39Z">https://t.co/9vttVTC39Z</a>
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1820819039955947605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Most notable was Walz’s ringing endorsement from Bowman, who shared a video of him excitedly shouting about the governor on X, with the caption “It’s Walz baby let’s go!!”
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It’s Walz baby let’s go!! <a href="https://t.co/ix54tsvMJ9">pic.twitter.com/ix54tsvMJ9</a>
— Rep. Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. (@JamaalBowmanNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamaalBowmanNY/status/1820813482993803408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Bowman lost his June primary to a moderate New York Democrat after supporters and voters alike <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/far-left-democrat-jamaal-bowman-loses-primary-after-becoming-full-scale-anti-semite">deserted</a> the congressman over his radical anti-Israel statements. Bowman, best known for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bowman-charged-over-fire-alarm-incident">pulling a fire alarm</a> in Congress in a bid to disrupt a vote, claimed that videos of Hamas terrorists beheading babies on Oct. 7 were “Israeli propaganda.”
Bowman, whom Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro says has become a “full scale anti-Semite,” refused to condemn the Hamas attacks. He has joined his fellow Squad members in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza as Israel defends itself against ongoing terrorist attacks.
Walz <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2024/03/07/gov-walz-says-minnesotas-45000-uncommitted-voters-are-civically-engaged">called</a> for a ceasefire on March 7.

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‘Squad’ Members Endorse Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz For VP

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Dozens of Democratic lawmakers have announced they will boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Wednesday address to a joint session of Congress to protest Israel’s war against Hamas.
Boycotters include high-profile Democrats like Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, <a href="https://x.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1815885636714520977">who said</a> he stands by Israel but will “not stand and cheer its current Prime Minister.”
Also boycotting the speech: members of the far-left “Squad.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/AOC/status/1815842132269158845">said</a> Wednesday is a “dark day,” and Rep. Rashida Tlaib <a href="https://x.com/RepRashida/status/1815812443207020699">called</a> for Netanyahu to be arrested and sent to the International Criminal Court. Rep. Ilan Omar (D-MN) said she would be skipping the speech, but gave her ticket to family members of a hostage held in Gaza, <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2024/07/23/breaking-down-the-netanyahu-speech-no-shows-00170731">Politico reported</a>.
A group of progressive lawmakers is planning to attend a <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/press/event-advisory-peace-is-possible-an-alternative-vision-for-israel-and-palestine/">counter event</a> in the Capitol, “Peace is Possible: An Alternative Vision for Israel and Palestine,” hosted by left-wing nonprofits. Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal (WA) and Jim McGovern (MA) will deliver remarks during the event in addition to various activists.
Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, will also skip Netanyahu’s speech, opting to attend a convention for the historically-black Zeta Phi Beta sorority. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin will preside over the event in Harris’s stead.
Democrats aren’t alone in their boycott. Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (KY) <a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1816096291291623517">also announced</a> he will not attend the address, which he deemed “political theater.” In April, Massie <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-14-reps-who-voted-against-a-house-resolution-condemning-irans-attack-on-israel">voted against</a> a resolution condemning Iran’s missile attack on Israel and the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” which calls for the elimination of the Jewish state.
Both Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine (VA) and Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance voiced their support for Israel but will <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/international/4786602-vance-netanyahu-speech-trump-2024/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CHe%20will%20not%2C%20however%2C,source%20familiar%20with%20the%20matter.">not be in attendance</a> due to scheduling conflicts.
About 60 Democrats skipped Netanyahu’s last address about Iran to Congress in 2015, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-democrats-netanyahu-congress-address-boycott-war-54d4abfb517e399b22324d4c535427aa">reported</a>.
Netanyahu <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mike-johnson-invites-netanyahu-to-address-congress-rips-schumer-for-interfering-in-israels-politics">was invited</a> to speak by the four top Congressional leaders: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
Netanyahu is slated to speak at 2:00 p.m. EST.
Ahead of Netanyahu’s speech, protests are erupting in and around the Watergate Hotel, where the prime minister is staying, as well as outside the Capitol. Video shows a protester outside the Watergate wearing a keffiyeh and threatening to kill Jews and burn them.
“Netanyahu, we’re going to take his neck out,” the man shouted at Israelis in front of the building.
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VIDEO THREAD: Protesters gathered Tuesday night in front of the Watergate Hotel (the second night in a row) for a noise demonstration against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who is staying inside.
&#8220;From DC to Palestine, Netanyahu&#8217;s out of time!&#8221; chanted protesters using red and… <a href="https://t.co/08XOMH6W8c">pic.twitter.com/08XOMH6W8c</a>
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Around 200 protesters were arrested yesterday after making a ruckus inside the Capitol’s Cannon Rotunda on Tuesday, causing staff and interns to barricade themselves in their offices, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/anti-israel-agitators-invade-capitol-hill-building-eve-netanyahu-address">reported</a>.
Speaker Johnson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johnson-netanyahu-speech-disruptors-will-be-arrested">warned</a> that visiting disruptors of the speech would face arrest in a letter sent to his colleagues on Tuesday. Lawmakers who cause a disturbance will be asked to cease by the Sergeant at Arms.
The following list of lawmakers skipping Netanyahu’s speech will be updated throughout the day.
Senate:
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<li style="font-weight: 400;">Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Sen. J.D Vance (R-OH)</li>
<li>Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)</li>
</ol>
House:
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<li style="font-weight: 400;">Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"> Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA)</li>
<li>Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX)</li>
<li>Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA)</li>
<li>Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM)</li>
<li>Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA)</li>
</ol>

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Radical progressive group Justice Democrats blamed House Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hakeem-jeffries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hakeem Jeffries</a> (D-NY) for the blowout loss handed to Squad-aligned Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) in Tuesday&#8217;s primary election — and Jeffries&#8217; spokesperson fired right back.
Bowman, who leaned into the anti-Israel protests after October 7th and was backed by other far-Left members of Congress like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/far-left-democrat-jamaal-bowman-loses-primary-after-becoming-full-scale-anti-semite" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lost to George Latimer</a> by 17 points.
According to New York&#8217;s Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs, the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/26/nyregion/jamaal-bowman-squad-left.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reason for Bowman&#8217;s loss</a> was simple: &#8220;The voters in this district, and in other districts across the country, frankly, are just not buying some of the things that these candidates are selling. And now, moderate voters are getting engaged, they’re paying attention and they’re coming to the polls.&#8221;
But Usamah Andrabi, a spokesman for Justice Democrats, told The New York Times that the real problem was Jeffries — in spite of the fact that he had endorsed Bowman ahead of the primary.
&#8220;Jamaal Bowman is a model, not a warning, for what political leadership can look like,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The outcome of this election is a reflection on his leadership and whether Hakeem Jeffries stood up to Republican megadonors.&#8221;
Jeffries&#8217; spokeswoman Christie Stephenson fired right back, arguing that her boss&#8217; tenure would be judged based on whether he delivered a majority in the House in November. &#8220;The so-called Justice Democrats stated back in 2017 that their goal was to destroy the Democratic Party,&#8221; she said, noting that they had even threatened to primary Jeffries. “They have failed miserably in every way. Is anyone surprised?&#8221;
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Bowman is not the only Squad-adjacent Democrat whose House seat is in jeopardy. Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), who also aligned herself with the anti-Israel protesters in the aftermath of October 7th, is facing a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jamaal-bowman-isnt-the-only-squad-member-on-the-chopping-block" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tough primary challenge</a> from St. Louis prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell.

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Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) got trounced in his primary on Tuesday, but he is not the only &#8220;Squad&#8221; member facing the chopping block this primary season.
Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) is locked in a dead heat with her primary challenger, St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell, ahead of their August 6 election, according to one poll.
Bush, who represents the St. Louis area, is polling at 42%, one point lower than Bell at 43%, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4740969-cori-bush-challenger-wesley-bell-locked-in-dead-heat-survey/damp/?nxs-test=damp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to polling from The Mellman Group for the organization Democratic Majority for Israel, which endorsed Bell.
This is a significant drop for Bush from January, when the same polling firm found her leading by 16 points.
In the more recent poll, Bell&#8217;s lead is within the margin of error, but some indicators suggest he may have a greater advantage.
He is leading Bush by 10 points among the most consistent primary voters — 49% to Bush&#8217;s 39%, according to the poll.
He also leads Bush in job approval, with 61% saying they approve of Bell&#8217;s job performance compared to just 49% for Bush.
Bell also has an edge in favorability, with 64% of voters viewing him favorably compared to Bush&#8217;s 60%.
In New York on Tuesday night, Bowman lost his Democratic primary to George Latimer, who served as County Executive for Westchester County.
Bowman&#8217;s ousting marked the first election loss for the group of progressive House lawmakers nicknamed the &#8220;Squad,&#8221; which includes Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Bowman&#8217;s primary involved fiery attacks by the two Democrats, with Latimer criticizing Bowman&#8217;s opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza as being out of sync with voters in his district, which includes Westchester County&#8217;s Jewish population.
Meanwhile, Bowman <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/25/politics/george-latimer-jamaal-bowman-new-york-16-primary/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was</a> forced to apologize for telling a group of pro-Palestinian protesters that reports of sexual violence by Hamas were &#8220;propaganda.&#8221;
Latimer also said Bowman, the first black man to represent his district, enjoys “an obvious ethnic benefit.”
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Like Bowman, Bush has been vocal in her criticism of Israel for the war in Gaza and has <a href="https://bush.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-bush-statement-on-st-louis-board-of-aldermens-unanimous-passage-of-resolution-calling-for-ceasefire-in-gaza" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> for a cease-fire.
Meanwhile, Bell&#8217;s campaign website says he believes Israel has the right to defend itself.
&#8220;Israel — the only democracy and strongest American ally in the Middle East — was attacked by terrorists on October 7,&#8221; Bell&#8217;s website <a href="https://www.bell4mo.com/issues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reads</a>. &#8220;I believe Israel has the right to defend itself and go after those who perpetrated those attacks. In Congress, I’ll fight to make sure the United States remains Israel’s strongest ally.&#8221;
The &#8220;Squad&#8221; members made headlines when they were first elected for ousting members of Congress who had held their seats for a decade or longer.
Bush ousted 10-term incumbent Lacy Clay in 2020 and became the first black woman from Missouri to serve in the House.

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Jamaal Bowman Isn’t The Only ‘Squad’ Member On The Chopping Block

Jamaal Bowman Isn’t The Only 'Squad' Member On The Chopping Block

New York

Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) claimed in her 2022 book that she once performed a miracle, healing a woman with tumors by laying hands on her and praying over her.
Bush, who defeated incumbent Rep. William &#8220;Lacy&#8221; Clay in 2020 and promptly aligned herself with the far left &#8220;Squad&#8221; — originally Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) — made the claim in her 2022 book, but it went unnoticed until The New York Post&#8217;s Jonathan Levine <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/06/15/us-news/cori-bush-claimed-to-performed-miracles-cured-tumors-in-autobiography/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published a piece</a> over the weekend.
&#8220;As I learned how to apply God’s Word to my life in new ways, I better understood the power that was already residing in me,&#8221; Bush wrote in &#8216;The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America.'&#8221;
&#8220;It was there, waiting for me to acknowledge it, to use it. I had the confidence to heal others with God’s power,&#8221; she continued, and went on to give several examples.
&#8220;One woman whom we met had several visible tumors on her torso. She was due to have surgery but lacked health insurance and living in the park. One of the tumors was particularly painful to her. I laid hands on her and prayed, and I felt that my hand was no longer touching a tumor. It shrank along with the others on her body,&#8221; Bush claimed.
She also claimed to have cured a toddler who couldn&#8217;t walk as the result of a brain bleed shortly after birth: &#8220;I carried the child from the prayer room in the back of the church out into the sanctuary &#8230; &#8216;Walk,&#8217; I said gently to the three-year-old girl, &#8216;you will walk.&#8217; And this girl took her first step. Then another, and another. She walked. Her grandmother walked into the sanctuary just in time to see the child take about two dozen steps. She screamed, and then she kept screaming. When she caught her breath, she looked at me in wonder and said &#8216;Praise God.&#8217; She grabbed her granddaughter and walked with her out of the church.&#8221;
According to Levine, Bush&#8217;s miracle claims went largely unnoticed despite her book tour — but PBS&#8217; Margaret Hoover did ask her about them.
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Cori Bush&#8217;s claims of performing miracles and shrinking tumors went almost entirely unnoticed during her 2022 book tour — one person who did ask her about it was <a href="https://twitter.com/MargaretHoover?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MargaretHoover</a> <a href="https://t.co/TDaFocI7Xm">https://t.co/TDaFocI7Xm</a> <a href="https://t.co/oT96BUFhOt">pic.twitter.com/oT96BUFhOt</a>
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) <a href="https://twitter.com/LevineJonathan/status/1802020130647318957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The pastor of Bush&#8217;s church claimed to have healed the Congresswoman of COVID in 2021 by praying for her over the phone.

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Miracle

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) got testy with Fox Business Reporter Hillary Vaughn over a question about a rally in her home district where anti-Israel protesters chanted &#8220;Death to America&#8221; and called for the eradication of Israel.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protesters-at-islamic-event-in-americas-jihad-capital-chant-death-to-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rally in question</a>, which took place in Dearborn, Michigan, featured a speaker named Tarek Bazzi, who is affiliated with the Hadi Institute. He said: &#8220;We have been asked in the past why our protests on the International Al-Quds Day are so anti-America. Why don’t we just focus on Israel and not talk so much about America? Gaza has shown the entire world why their protests are so anti-America. Because it’s the United States government that provides the funds for all of the atrocities that we just heard about.&#8221;
Attendees at the rally responded to him by shouting, &#8220;Death to America!&#8221; and &#8220;Death to Israel!&#8221;
Vaughn approached Tlaib in a hallway on Capitol Hill, asking several times whether She would respond to the chants. At first, the Michigan Congresswoman said she wouldn&#8217;t talk to anyone from Fox.
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib lost it at Fox Business&#39; <a href="https://twitter.com/hillary__vaughn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hillary__vaughn</a> who asked if she condemns the &quot;death to America&quot; chants at a rally in her district.
The White House condemned the chants in a statement to <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyCaller?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DailyCaller</a> <a href="https://t.co/h00Vss0DLa">pic.twitter.com/h00Vss0DLa</a>
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&#8220;Congresswoman Tlaib —&#8221; Vaughn began, but Tlaib interrupted before she could even get the question out.
&#8220;I don’t talk to Fox News! I don’t talk to Fox News!&#8221; she insisted.
&#8220;At a rally &#8230; in your district —&#8221; Vaughn tried again, but Tlaib pushed back.
&#8220;I’m not talking to Fox News.,&#8221; she said again.
&#8220;People were chanting &#8216;death to America.&#8217; Do you condemn?&#8221; Vaughn asked.
 &#8220;I do not talk to Fox News,&#8221; Tlaib repeated.
&#8220;But do you condemn chants of death to America?&#8221; Vaughn asked once more.
 &#8220;I don’t talk to people that use racist tropes,&#8221; Tlaib said then, suggesting that Vaughn&#8217;s network was guilty of that.
Vaughn pressed again, asking, &#8220;Why can’t you just say whether or not you condemn —&#8221;
But Tlaib interrupted her again, saying, &#8220;Because I don’t talk to Fox News.&#8221;
&#8220;— people chanting &#8216;death to America?'&#8221; Vaughn completed her thought, then asked, &#8220;Why are you afraid to talk to Fox?&#8221;
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&#8220;Fox News is not nice,&#8221; Tlaib claimed. &#8220;Listen, using racist tropes towards my community is what Fox News is about and I don&#8217;t talk to Fox News.&#8221;
Vaughn tried one more tack, noting that some might see the &#8220;death to America&#8221; chants as racist.
&#8220;Is &#8216;death to America&#8217; racist?” Is chanting &#8216;death to America&#8217; racist?&#8221; she asked.
&#8220;Never talk to Fox News,&#8221; Tlaib said again, adding, &#8220;I’m talking about your guys’s racist tropes. You know, you guys are — you guys know exactly what you do. And I know you’re Islamophobic, but you guys gotta go deal with it on your own selves, not going to use me.&#8221;

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Tlaib Loses Her Mind On Fox Reporter, Won’t Address ‘Death To America’ Chants In Her District

Tlaib Loses Her Mind On Fox Reporter, Won't Address 'Death To America' Chants In Her District

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CNN pundit Scott Jennings provoked the ire of several &#8220;Squad&#8221; members when he referred to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as a &#8220;public relations agent for Hamas&#8221; during a recent panel discussion.
Jennings joined a conversation hosted by CNN&#8217;s Abby Phillip — and he responded to Omar&#8217;s promise to vote to re-elect President Joe Biden in 2024 despite any misgivings she might have about his administration&#8217;s continued support for Israel in the war against the terror group Hamas.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottJenningsKY</a> absolutely shredded Ilhan Omar after her appearance on CNN 🔥🔥<a href="https://twitter.com/abbydphillip?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AbbyDPhillip</a>: “Scott, were you surprised to hear her say pretty clearly she would support President Biden in November? And some of her colleagues, I’m pretty sure, wouldn’t say that today.”… <a href="https://t.co/UrKbBYR9Vu">pic.twitter.com/UrKbBYR9Vu</a>
&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1767742473843998868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Phillip began by asking Scott whether he was surprised to hear Omar say she would vote for Biden, adding, &#8220;And some of her colleagues, I’m pretty sure, wouldn’t say that today.&#8221;
&#8220;No, she&#8217;s a Democrat. They&#8217;re gonna vote for Biden. I&#8217;m not surprised about that,&#8221; Jennings replied. &#8220;I am surprised that, in the year of our Lord, 2024, there is a public relations agent for Hamas sitting in the United States Congress.&#8221;
Jennings went on to talk about the fact that Omar — and many others — had called for an immediate ceasefire but had made no mention that Hamas was still holding hostages who were taken from Israel during the October 7 terror attacks that left more than 1200 people dead.
&#8220;The reason Israel is not at that meeting is because Hamas will not provide a list of the living hostages. I didn&#8217;t hear a word – a word of concern for the hostages. Ceasefires – she said – don&#8217;t happen magically,&#8221; Jennings continued. &#8220;Well, you know there was a ceasefire in place on October the 6th. And who broke it on October the 7th? I cannot believe honestly what I heard out of that interview. What I want are for those hostages to come home. I want somebody – somebody out there to show just a little bit of remorse that Hamas broke the ceasefire, raped, and murdered horrifically women all kinds of people. That – that&#8217;s it. How about a little bit of concern for those folks? That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m looking for.&#8221;
Members of the far-left &#8220;Squad&#8221; were quick to run defense for Omar, however, lashing out at Jennings and CNN for allowing his comments to go unchallenged.
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&#8220;Scott Jennings’ comments are reminiscent of the anti-Muslim bigotry we saw in the George Bush post-9/11 era. It is disgusting and must not be normalized. CNN should denounce this hateful, dangerous and blatant Islamophobia immediately,&#8221; Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) complained.
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Scott Jennings’ comments are reminiscent of the anti-Muslim bigotry we saw in the George Bush post-9/11 era.
It is disgusting and must not be normalized. CNN should denounce this hateful, dangerous and blatant Islamophobia immediately. <a href="https://t.co/RVOBTm7u8Z">https://t.co/RVOBTm7u8Z</a>
&mdash; Cori Bush (@CoriBush) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoriBush/status/1768085114389504250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;How on earth is this kind of blatant Islamophobia so casually accepted without pushback? This is shocking,&#8221; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) added.
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How on earth is this kind of blatant Islamophobia so casually accepted without pushback? This is shocking. <a href="https://t.co/ENMPOMIGID">https://t.co/ENMPOMIGID</a>
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1768114246863253949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Several others also responded as if speaking from the same script, including Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and <a href="https://twitter.com/JamaalBowmanNY/status/1768268940906483893" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Jamaal Bowman</a> (D-NY).

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CNN Contributor Calls Ilhan Omar A ‘Public Relations Agent For Hamas’

CNN Contributor Calls Ilhan Omar A 'Public Relations Agent For Hamas'

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New York Democrat Congressman Ritchie Torres, a fierce supporter of the state of Israel, has become the second Democrat to leave the Congressional Progressive Caucus since the October 7 Hamas massacre of 1,200 Israelis, as first reported by The Intercept.
In November, Florida Democrat Lois Frankel left the caucus.
“I think he’s &#8230; had it with [the] Squad,” one House Democrat told <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/progressive-caucus-ritchie-torres-israel?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=editorial">Axios</a>.
Within days of the Hamas massacre, members of the Squad attacked Israel; Missouri Rep. Cori Bush called for ending aid to Israel while Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar called to terminate what she called “unconditional” military to the Jewish state.
In late December, Torres who had previously served as a New York City Council member, told The Gothamist, “I&#8217;m not anti-squad, I&#8217;m not pro-squad, I refuse to be defined in relation to someone else. I prefer to be defined on my own terms, based on my own story and my own record.”
In mid-January, Torres offered an impassioned response to those who had cheered and celebrated the Hamas massacre.
Speaking of the “moral crisis we are facing in a post-October 7 world,” Torres continued, “Like all of you, I was profoundly shaken, not only by October 7, but by its aftermath. I found it utterly horrifying to see fellow Americans openly cheering and celebrating the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.”
“And for me, the aftermath of October 7 revealed the barbarity of the American heart that reminded me of an earlier and darker time in our nation’s history; a time when the public mobs of Jim Crow would openly celebrate the lynching of African-Americans or the lynching of a Jewish-American like Leo Frank,” he continued.
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“And so words cannot express the overwhelming outrage that I felt at the barbaric reaction to the barbarism of October 7. You know, people often ask me, ‘Why do you care so deeply? Why do you speak out so frequently and forcefully against anti-Semitism?’ And I simply reply, ‘You are asking the wrong question. The question is not why have I chosen to be outspoken; the question is why have others chosen to be silent amid the deadliest day for the Jews since the Holocaust.’”
“&#8230; what we’ve seen in the aftermath of October 7 is appalling silence and indifference and cowardice from so-called leaders in our society; from institutions that we once respected and admired,” he continued. “And if we as a society cannot bring ourselves to condemn the murder of innocents with moral clarity, then we must ask: What are we becoming as a society? What does that reveal about the depth of anti-Semitism in the American soul?”
“October 7 has been an awakening for the Jewish community, but it must be a reckoning for all of America,” he declared. “We must confront the deepening rot of anti-Semitism; on social media platforms, on college campuses, and elsewhere in America. We must ask ourselves: What kind of society do we wish to be? Do we wish to be a society that affirms that every life, every Jewish life, every black life, every life, has inherent dignity and value and worth? That each of us is a child of God, that each of us is an equal creation in the image of God?”
“Or do we wish to be a society that affirms that violence and terror, no matter how barbaric, can be justified and even glorified, under the guise of ‘resistance,’” he asked pointedly.
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I had the honor of delivering the annual MLK sermon at Central Synagogue. 
My speech touches on a range of topics and themes: October 7th, Jim Crow, Leo Frank, MLK, Elie Wiesel, silence, indifference, moral clarity, nonviolence, Israel, Am Yisrael Chai, Hatikvah, and hope. <a href="https://t.co/stxqxzgyLi">pic.twitter.com/stxqxzgyLi</a>
&mdash; Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) <a href="https://twitter.com/RitchieTorres/status/1747065334467584292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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