Hours after her comments prompted a House vote condemning anti-Semitism, Rep. Ilhan Omar has been quoted inveighing against 'bad policies' by President Barack Obama and casting the two-term president as a 'pretty face.'
Omar, 37, a new Minnesota Democrat, took on the Obama administration's forceful use of military drone technology to try to take out terror networks, and likened Obama's border policies to President Trump's.
She took on Trump's predecessor for his aggressive use of drones in the hunt for Al Qaeda and other networks – a policy that has drawn criticism from the left in the past and which Obama himself sought to reel in after mishaps came to light.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) called out former President Barack Obama, comparing him to President Trump and saying 'many of the people who came before him also had really bad policies'
She also implied Obama was someone with a 'pretty face' that masked bad policy, an attack that is at odds with public approval ratings that historically earn Obama support in the high fifties with even more backing among members of his own party.
'We can't be only upset with Trump … His policies are bad, but many of the people who came before him also had really bad policies,' Omar is quoted saying in a long piece in Politico Magazine.
'They just were more polished than he was,' Omar continued. 'And that's not what we should be looking for anymore. We don't want anybody to get away with murder because they are polished. We want to recognize the actual policies that are behind the pretty face and the smile,' she said.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (l) had to navigate challenging party dynamics this week and assemble a resolution
Omar criticized the Obama administration drone program, which drew criticism for insufficient oversight and some mishaps. Here local residents watch ongoing demolition of the compound where Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was slain last year in the northwestern town of Abbottabad on February 26, 2012
Omar discussed President Obama as she spoke about politicians who are 'polished' but still have 'bad policies'
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Her slam on the two-term Democratic president was published after the House passed a resolution condemning hate language on Thursday.
The legislative move was a response to comments from Omar that many of her colleagues deemed anti-Semitic. The charged fight over the resolution consumed lawmakers' attention this week, caused an internecine war among Democrats, and drew the media spotlight away from the sentencing of former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort.
The final vote was 407 to 23 with one lawmaker voting present. All the no votes were Republicans.
Omar's comments had infuriated senior congressional Democrats, including some committee chairmen who are Jewish, and who publicly called out the use of anti-Semitic 'tropes.'
In the interview, Omar also drew comparisons between a crop of, new, progressive Democrats who are challenging party leaders and the conservative Tea Party.
'We look at the negative aspects of the Tea Party and not really at the part of them that spoke to the American people, that made them feel like there were people actively fighting for them,' she said. 'There's a resemblance there. A lot of us are not that much different in our eagerness to want to come here and fight for our constituents, fight for the American ideals we believe in.'
Among her comments that drew fire, Omar tweeted 'It's all about the Benjamins baby' to criticize lawmakers who support Israel.
Another remark by Omar raised criticism that she was reviving 'dual loyalty' attacks that have been used on Jews and other groups in the past.
Speaking about the Arab-Israeli conflict, Omar said, 'I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is okay to push for allegiance to a foreign country.'
Angry Jewish Democratic members pushed back their support for Israel was based on their own views, not money or loyalty to a foreign nation.
Said Florida Democratic Rep. Ted Deutch on the House floor: 'We are having this debate because of the language of one of our colleagues, language that suggests that Jews like me, who serve in the United States in Congress and whose father earned a Purple Heart fighting the Nazis in the Battle of the Bulge — that we are not loyal Americans?'
Omar's attacks on the popular former president are just the latest time the first-term lawmakers has found herself in controversy during just her third month in office.
She entered Congress as one of several 'fresh face' lawmakers who drew attention for their vows to shake up the system. Having spent part of her youth in a Kenyan refugee camp after fleeing war-torn Somalia before immigrating to the U.S., Omar is one of the first two women Muslim members of Congress.
The House changed a rule that prohibited head-coverings on the House floor, allowing Omar to wear her traditional dress while casting votes.
The fight over the anti-Semitism resolution forced party leaders to contend with various constituent groups, as well as pushback from Omar allies and critics of Israel policy.
First they broadened the text of the resolution to include condemn Islamophobia and white supremacism after Omar's defenders said one form of hate should not be singled out. Omar herself has been the recipient of hateful attacks.
Then, minutes before the scheduled vote Thursday Democrats pulled it again, to add several groups not included in the original measure, including Latinos, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and LGBTQ community.
Intervening from afar was President Trump, who on Friday before leaving town declared the Democrats an 'anti-Jewish' party after the conflagration.
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Main photo article Hours after her comments prompted a House vote condemning anti-Semitism, Rep. Ilhan Omar has been quoted inveighing against ‘bad policies’ by President Barack Obama and casting the two-term president as a ‘pretty face.’
Omar, 37, a new Minnesota Democrat, took on the...
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