Anti-Semitic Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s latest bout of alleged anti-Semitism was so blatant that it attracted criticism from one of the world’s best female tennis players of all time.
“This is a wrong thing to say, Congresswoman,” retired Czechoslovak-born American tennis champion Martina Navratilova tweeted late Saturday afternoon.
She posted the tweet after Omar dropped what some have argued may be her most anti-Semitic tweet to date:
This is a wrong thing to say Congresswoman…
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) November 9, 2019
Responding to a CNBC report that Jewish billionaire Leon G. Cooperman had pledged his support for Michael Bloomberg, a fellow Jewish billionaire who’s reportedly positioned himself to enter the 2020 race, the Muslim congresswoman dismissively tweeted, “I wonder why?”
To many, the tweet bore a disturbing resemblance to what she tweeted in February, when she suggested that U.S. politicians are beholden to Israeli money.
And even Navratilova, a far-leftist whose Twitter feed contains a hodgepodge of left-wing agitprop about President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans (look below), appeared to agree.
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) November 10, 2019
Gaetz=loser https://t.co/seUrf2qVvP
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) November 10, 2019
I guess trump wants dirt on Biden from Lebanon too? https://t.co/g3xOJPpw5L
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) November 10, 2019
Navratilova wasn’t alone.
Also among the critics were polling expert Josh Jordan, “non-binary” political commentator Chad Felix Greene, renowned conservative commentator Mark Levin, and the Republican Jewish Coalition, among many others.
Besides describing the congresswoman’s tweet as anti-Semitic, they also accused it of being a “dog whistle.”
Look:
Omar very carefully making an anti-Semitic tweet with just enough vagueness to claim that ackshually she meant it was about the benjamins and not about religion.
But everyone knows what she meant, which is why she continues to do it. https://t.co/tBuU3eNxX5
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) November 9, 2019
Imagine the screams of ‘dog whistle’ from the media and the frantic denunciations from the @ADL if this were a Republican. ? https://t.co/hQn3RcNJjY
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) November 9, 2019
There she goes again! Disgusting anti-Semite Omar, leftwing Democrat. I’m sure she’ll be condemned by Pelosi, Inc. https://t.co/vyK7FE8JJV
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) November 10, 2019
Waiting on @jstreetdotorg and @USJewishDems to condemn this anti-Semitism. https://t.co/ISHirV700Z pic.twitter.com/AQHqvSPxvi
— RJC (@RJC) November 9, 2019
You don’t at all. You were dog whistling anti-semitism. You sought to stir up Jew hatred.
— Mark Lewis (@MLewisLawyer) November 10, 2019
Ilhan Omar doesn’t tweet alone. She has a media team who’s job is to prevent her from saying offensive things.
Either she can’t find anyone that is knowledgeable about Antisemitic dogwhistles, despite Jews begging her to educate herself, or that they know what she says hurts us.
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) November 10, 2019
Please do tell, @IlhanMN, why? https://t.co/7cJ7JGfa4k pic.twitter.com/nj2x8weZQW
— Harry Khachatrian (@Harry1T6) November 9, 2019
In response to the accusations, Omar chose to retweet a defense of her position by one of the country’s most notorious anti-Semites, Linda Sarsour.
“Oh for God’s sake, stop this ridiculousness. This obsession with every word Ilhan says or tweets is tired and it’s getting old,” Sarsour wrote.
Sarsour is a Palestinian activist who boasts ties to Louis Farrakhan, an even more notorious anti-Semite who’s frequently ranted about his hatred for the “wicked Jews” and “Satanic Jews.”
Oh for God’s sake, stop this ridiculousness. This obsession with every word Ilhan says or tweets is tired and it’s getting old. https://t.co/TRhwHoJW7d
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) November 9, 2019
Omar also retweeted Leah Greenberg, the co-executive director of the far-left anti-Trump “resistance” group known as Indivisible Team.
Greenberg was among a slew of leftists who tried to claim that the congresswoman had been commenting on the fact that a billionaire is supporting another billionaire.
Observe:
Extremely this. The latest effort to twist @IlhanMN‘s words and impute anti-semitism to what’s obviously a pretty standard observation about billionaires sharing similar political views is outrageous. It should be given no credence whatsoever. https://t.co/bXXWsDtDRG
— Leah Greenberg (@Leahgreenb) November 9, 2019
She’s referring to the fact that the one billionaire who’s been in the news the past week crying about the prospect of having to pay more in taxes throwing his support behind a fellow billionaire is obviously about protecting his wealth. pic.twitter.com/By1JX0qF3D
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) November 9, 2019
C’mon — it’s right there in the tweet she quote-tweeted: “fellow billionaires.” This has nothing to do with religion. (And for what it’s worth, she too is supporting a Jewish candidate for president, but not a billionaire.)
— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) November 10, 2019
This woman was told to go back to where she came from by the President of the US. She has vile Islamophobic hatred spewed at her constantly and people are making her a target because she said it makes sense a billionaire would support another billionaire. They might be the bigots
— Sulome (@SulomeAnderson) November 9, 2019
But three facts seem to belie this argument.
First, the congresswoman hasn’t pushed back on the anti-Semites who’ve endorsed her remarks:
Money is their Tribe and Religion.
— BnAuwal (@BnAuwal00) November 9, 2019
If it were true that @IlhanMN was referring to billionaires, wouldn’t she want to clarify her point and correct her supporters who jumped at her dog whistle?
Some people have passed the point of entitlement to the benefit of the doubt. pic.twitter.com/qjNzY9i6p0
— Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) November 10, 2019
Second, this isn’t the first time — or even the second time — she’s posted or said something that could be construed as being anti-Semitic.
Yeah, can everyone stop obsessing over *EVERY* antisemitic trope that @IlhanMN is using specifically to describe Jews/how they use their money? Like, relax, Jews, y’all are so sensitive to Antisemitism. Get a grip. Let us hate you. https://t.co/AKAFvwzhRs
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) November 9, 2019
Yes, I know, she apologized for suggesting Jews control America with their money and then did it again with a news item (that wasn’t even really news) about 2 wealthy Jews supporting each other. She didn’t know, ok? She didn’t think about it… how would she know?
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) November 9, 2019
Leave Ilhan alone! ? pic.twitter.com/SybistYeoS
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) November 9, 2019
Third, after a report emerged on Saturday that Jeff Bezos, another billionaire, had asked Bloomberg to run for office, the congresswoman said nothing.
In the words of Omar, “I wonder why? ?”
Hmm, the much better known and much richer, but not Jewish, Jeff Bezos said the exact same thing. Yet @IlhanMN publicized and commented on only Cooperman.
?I wonder why? ?? https://t.co/XcYUQHXSLI pic.twitter.com/eWBl5u1AZe
— Reince #GreatAndUnmatchedWisdom Niebuhr (@ReinceNiebuhr) November 10, 2019
There is no effort to twist anything and you know this. Dogwhistles are called like that on purpose and have meaning behind it. At the same time there are news on Bezos who chatted with Bloomberg, but she picks another billionaire who happens to be Jewish and makes a pretty vague
— Michael Elgort ✡️ (@just_whatever) November 10, 2019
statement that can be interpreted as: 1) hey, Jews support each other; 2) hey, Benjamins support each other; 3) hey, their views are aligned, maybe that’s why one endorsed the other.
If it was anyone without history of antisemitic dogwhistles and bullhorn, there could be a— Michael Elgort ✡️ (@just_whatever) November 10, 2019
Far more prominent billionaires (Jeff Bezos) have declared for Mike Bloomberg, and Omar did not feel the need to comment.
This is about something they have in common beyond being billionaires.
— An Antic Disposition ? (@pavanvan) November 10, 2019
When any of you want to attack somebody wealthy who isn’t Jewish, let me know. Bill Gates? Jeff Bezos? Oh, crickets. Guess it’s not the money. Pass it on.
— Howard (@HowardA_Esq) November 10, 2019
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