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🗓️ 2 March 2019
⏱️ 13 minutes
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0:00.0 | Elon Omar is once again in the news for making statements that have been deemed antisemitic by her critics. |
0:05.6 | This may be the third or fourth time she's made a controversial statement, |
0:10.4 | recently she had to apologize after Democrats and Republicans condemned statements she's made |
0:15.2 | as many people found them to be antisemitic. |
0:17.5 | Now, there are people defending Omar, who are criticizing the critics, saying, |
0:21.5 | simply for calling out Israel, you are not antisemitic. |
0:25.4 | But then we start to get into an interesting double standard with the left. |
0:29.2 | When Donald Trump issued a moratorium on certain countries, people said that it was racist. |
0:33.8 | But certainly you can criticize a nation without being opposed to the people. |
0:38.3 | And that's actually the argument made by the left. |
0:40.3 | Today, let's take a look at exactly what Elon Omar said and dig into whether or not you are an |
0:45.3 | antisemite for criticizing the actions of a country. But before we get started, make sure you're |
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1:08.0 | From NBC News, rep Elon Omar blasted again for what critics call antisemitism. |
1:13.9 | Some Jewish leaders said the Democratic freshmen revived an old trope about divided |
1:18.1 | loyalties among Jewish Americans. Speaking Wednesday night at a forum at a Washington DC bookstore |
1:23.2 | with fellow freshman rep where she did a tale of Michigan, the Minnesota Democrat said she fears |
1:27.6 | everything they say about Israel is construed as antisemitic because they're Muslim. |
1:32.2 | She said that prevents a broader debate about Israel's treatment of Palestinians. |
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