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Pelosi Admits She Defended Ilhan Omar’s 9/11 Remarks Without Knowing What Was Said
Breitbart ^ | 16 Apr 2019 | Joshua Caplan

Posted on 04/16/2019 6:10:33 PM PDT by KC_Lion

(INSET: Ilhan Omar) WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 09: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, (D-CA) speaks during a ceremonial bill enrollment for legislation which would end U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen on April 9, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump has said that he would veto the legislation if …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Tuesday admitted that she does not know the content of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) recent remarks about 9/11 — despite offering a full-throated defense of the freshman congresswoman in the wake of criticism from President Donald Trump.

(LINK) Nancy Pelosi: 'We have no taint' of anti-Semitism

“I don’t think the congresswoman is anti-Semitic. I wouldn’t even put those in the same category,” Pelosi told interviewer Christiane Amanpour in Ireland. “We have no taint of that [anti-Semitism],” she added. “And just because they want to accuse somebody of that doesn’t mean that we take that bait.”

Pelosi also dismissed criticisms that she hasn’t done enough to defend Omar, conceding, “Until I talk to somebody, I don’t even know what was said.”

“I do know that what the president did was not right,” she added.

Omar is facing blowback for downplaying the September 11, 2001, terror attack, describing it last month private fundraiser for Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a day on which “some people did something,” before adding “and that all of us were starting to lose our civil liberties.”

In reaction to the Minnesota Democrat’s remarks, President Trump shared a video to social media of Omar’s remarks and scenes of the World Trade Center engulfed in flakes shortly after it was attacked by radical Islamic terrorists. The video’s caption reads: “WE WILL NEVER FORGET!”

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To: KC_Lion

She had to defend her first to find out what’s in it!!


41 posted on 04/16/2019 9:55:05 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Fungi

Came here to say that.


42 posted on 04/16/2019 10:07:50 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks KC_Lion.

43 posted on 04/16/2019 10:20:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Crossing over to Islam will be your legacy, jackass. Go for it.


44 posted on 04/17/2019 12:12:02 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SunkenCiv

But Trump didn’t like it, so she must be right./s


45 posted on 04/17/2019 12:23:23 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use forceto defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

46 posted on 04/17/2019 12:29:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: KC_Lion

Does she know what Trump said, either, or does she just say whatever talking points her handlers and her dementia tell her?


47 posted on 04/17/2019 12:54:37 AM PDT by Fedora
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To: KC_Lion

Does Pelosi live under a rock? She knew exactly what Omar said. She was just being mealy-mouthed.


48 posted on 04/17/2019 2:39:20 AM PDT by BadLands59
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To: KC_Lion

Gotta shove it down your throat before you know what’s in it....the Sequel....


49 posted on 04/17/2019 4:46:12 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: KC_Lion

Not surprised by her answers. It’s usual DemocRAT pablum - intellectual pap.

I think what happened was Pelosi jumped to the defense of a fellow RAT - knee-jerk reaction, then learned the details of what Omar said later.

I actually think, after learning the details, Pelosi believes that what Omar said was over-the-top, with definitely negative political impact on the RAT Party. Of course, she can’t say that, so she instead goes and attacks Trump - Pelosi’s smokescreen.

Was Pelosi embarrassed by what Omar said? I doubt it, but I’d wager that her reaction instead was anger at what the little Jihadi’s doing to RAT prospects. Don’t forget, you may think Pelosi is stupid, but she’s still a politically savvy force to be reckoned with.

She’s continuing to ponder what to do with the Three Moronic Musketeers. Her task isn’t easy due to their popularity with the SJW kiddies.


50 posted on 04/17/2019 4:53:52 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (AOC: The brain of a tea bisquit)
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To: KC_Lion

What’s most frightening is that Omar and Pelosi are very representative of their constituents.


51 posted on 04/17/2019 5:34:22 AM PDT by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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To: bigbob
I agree with Nancy. There is not “taint” of antisemitism in the Democrat Party. There is however, an overarching stench. Let's start with Obama and the 2005 photo with Farrakhan that was hidden during both of Obama’s campaigns. Next, let's look at Obama’s 20 year membership in Rev. Wright's church. Next, let's look at the numerous interactions between the Congressional Black Caucus and Farrakhan. Next, let's look at the total silence by the Democrats to the recent statement by Farrakhan that he is the Messiah and that his goal is to end the existence of Jewish civilization; something he believes Jesus failed to do more than 2000 years ago. Next, let's look at the statements made by Omar when she was in the Minnesota Legislature, including her comment that Israel was evil and had hypnotized the world. Of course, this was followed by her comments about AIPAC buying Congress, and by the slur of dual allegiance to Israel by Jewish-Americans. Finally, Omar's speech at the CAIR gathering - a speech to an organization founded by leaders of Hamas, and an unindicted co-conspirator in a terror funding case in which money was funneled to Hamas. I am sure there is more that I have forgotten. But, when all these facts are put together, it seems clear that the Democrats have an antisemitism problem that they pretend does not exist.
52 posted on 04/17/2019 5:38:08 AM PDT by JGPhila
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To: lakecumberlandvet

And note that Pelosi and Omar both get most of their votes from white people, the only people that don’t practice identity politics. This whole mess is really a civil war among whites with Christian backgrounds. Any minorities are peripheral.


53 posted on 04/17/2019 5:47:07 AM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: djstex

Pelosi is Pathetic.
She’s either a Liar or an Incompetent.. or Both.


54 posted on 04/17/2019 7:13:37 AM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: Berosus

Could be, she is acting really weird.


55 posted on 04/17/2019 7:26:47 AM PDT by McGavin999 (Border security without a wall is like having a Ring doorbell without a door)
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To: KC_Lion

Pelosi should demand her resignation. If she doesn’t than Omar will bring down the party.


56 posted on 04/17/2019 7:28:43 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: KC_Lion

Same set of stanards she used for OBAMACARE......


57 posted on 04/17/2019 8:00:07 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: KC_Lion

This gooney bird Pelosi has already lost the democrat majority by siding with this terrorist bitch and the other two stooges..The Dems had better start cleaning out their desks and thank this gooney for losing..GET READY TO HAND OVER THE GAVEL NAN AND MAKE SURE YOU TELL MAD MAXINE TO DO THE SAME..


58 posted on 04/17/2019 9:04:45 AM PDT by PLD
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To: blueunicorn6

She’s too stupid to be an idiot.


59 posted on 04/17/2019 11:43:11 AM PDT by jmacusa ("The more numerous the laws the more corrupt the government''.)
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To: KC_Lion

The think I love about her “comments” are.. her fuller quote was something like

“Because some people did some thing, all of us (CAIR is the AUDIENCE OF THIS SPEECH BTW) are losing on civil liberties”

Now, PLEASE Ms Omar, tell me what Muslim has had their “civil liberties” removed or lost over 9/11?? PLEASE.. TELL ME!!


60 posted on 04/17/2019 11:50:59 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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