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#413: A Jewish Conservative on Rep. Omar’s Anti-Semitic Remarks

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🗓️ 6 March 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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As the left fights over how to handle the latest use of an anti-Semitic trope by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., we discuss what's going on with The Heritage Foundation's Joel Griffith, who also chairs a Washington, D.C. Jewish group. Plus: Daniel speaks to Nigel Farage about Brexit.We also cover these stories:•President Trump says he hasn't broken any campaign laws.•An Alabama judge is allowing a 19-year-old man to sue an abortion clinic for taking the life of his unborn child against his wishes. •Philadelphia has become the first city in the nation to say no to cashless stores. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Friday, March 8th. I'm Kate Trinko and I'm Daniel Davis.

0:10.0

Well, just two months into their new majority, House Democrats are now bickering over how to respond to anti-Semitic comments from Ilhan Omar, the freshman from Minnesota.

0:20.0

Today we'll talk to Joel Griffith of the Heritage Foundation.

0:23.2

He's also the DC chair of young Jewish Conservatives

0:26.0

and he has thoughts on this issue.

0:28.1

Plus, we'll bring you a separate interview

0:29.8

from Mr Brexit himself, Nigel Farage. He'll unpack why Parliament is dragging its feet in

0:35.4

leaving the EU. By the way if you're enjoying this podcast please consider

0:39.6

leaving a review or a five-star rating at iTunes and encouraging others to subscribe.

0:45.0

Now on to our news.

0:47.0

Well, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took questions from reporters on Thursday.

0:55.4

Here's what she had to say about Congresswoman Ilan Omar's comments.

0:59.1

I don't think that the Congresswoman is perhaps appreciate the full date of how it's heard by other people,

1:08.8

although I don't believe it was intended in any anti-Semitic way but the fact is that that's how it was

1:15.6

interpreted we have to remove all down as we have done over and over again.

1:20.5

We're working now on a resolution. We'll see when we come it to the floor that will again

1:28.3

speak out against anti-Semitism, anti-Islamophobia, anti-white supremacy in all the forms that it takes, that

1:39.1

our country has no place for this.

1:41.9

Omar had suggested just days prior that supporters of Israel have a dual allegiance.

1:47.2

She tweeted, quote, I should not be expected to have allegiance slash pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country

1:55.0

in Congress or serve on committee end quote. President Trump tweeted Thursday

1:59.4

that he hadn't broken any campaign laws writing it was not a campaign contribution and there were no

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