Democrats are trying as hard as they can to re-package this whole issue in the way Warren is doing here, and they can’t be allowed to get away with it.

No, all criticism of Israel is not necessarily anti-Semitism. Not by a long shot, and more than criticism of America is treason. And no one is claiming it is.

But Democrats are claiming that Israel’s supporters are claiming it, and worse, they’re using this deflection to cover up what Omar really said and what’s really wrong with it.

Here’s Warren performing a classic hide-the-ball trick:

“We have a moral duty to combat hateful ideologies in our own country and around the world — and that includes both anti-Semitism and Islamophobia,” the Massachusetts Democrat said in a statement. “In a democracy, we can and should have an open, respectful debate about the Middle East that focuses on policy. Branding criticism of Israel as automatically anti-Semitic has a chilling effect on our public discourse and makes it harder to achieve a peaceful solution between Israelis and Palestinians. Threats of violence — like those made against Rep. Omar — are never acceptable.”

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Hold it right there.

First of all, Omar’s criticism wasn’t even of Israel. It was of Americans who support Israel. First she falsely claimed that supporters of the American-Israeli Political Action Committee are in it “for the Benjamins.” Then when someone explained to her that AIPAC doesn’t give any money to political candidates, she went into the classic anti-Semitic trope that claims Jews in America have divided loyalty, and in fact have “sworn allegiance” to a foreign government.

What complete and utter rot. If Canada was under attack, we would defend it. If Britain was under attack, we would defend it. Same goes for France, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and many other nations with whom we have alliances.

But here’s the difference: Israel is under attack a lot more often than any of the nations I just mentioned. And the people who attack Israel are also the religious and ideological allies of Ilhan Omar. What she mischaracterizes as an untoward allegiance to a foreign government is merely the support of an ally. The problem she has with it is that she hates this particular ally.

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Her rant brought about some digging of her older statements, which brought about the revelation that in 2012 she claimed “Israel has hypnotized the world.”

That is not only nuts, if anything it’s the opposite of the truth. Just check in at the UN to see how the world feels about Israel. Most of the creatures who lurk there seem to feel the same way about Israel that Ilhan Omar does. Only a tiny number of countries, including the United States, sticks up for the Jewish state.

This is important because Omar’s statements go way beyond “criticism of Israel.” She’s engaging in well-worn anti-Semitic garbage that accuses Jews of disloyalty to America, claims Jewish money buys control over American leaders, and claims that the Jewish state is some sort of reservoir for global evil.

And yet here’s Elizabeth Warren, claiming disingenuously that Omar’s the real victim here, as if she’s done nothing more than offer a few critiques at the policies of Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Democrats don’t seem capable of getting enough of their members on board with a simple resolution condemning anti-Semitism, which should tell you everything you need to know about today’s Democratic Party. They’ve got a real lunatic in their midst in Ilhan Omar, and they won’t do anything about it because their left-wing base pretty much thinks the same way she does.

Fun fact: Jewish Americans are known to vote Democratic at a rate of about 75 percent. When they start to realize that anti-Semitism is both rampant and tolerated within the Democratic Party, how much of that 75 percent just might peel off and vote for Donald Trump – who has steadfastly supported Israel – in 2020?

I’m starting to think Ilhan Omar was God’s clever trick to ensure Trump’s re-election.