The writing is very clearly on the wall. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is not going to face any repercussions after multiple antisemitic Tweets and statements, including two recent sets of Tweets that clearly expressed her dismay towards the nation of Israel as well as those in American who support them. When the Democratic majority in the House finally unleashes their “rebuke” against Omar, which we assume will be nothing, what’s the path forward for conservatives in addressing the issue?

To answer that question, we need to look at the overarching situation. The Democratic Party is being yanked to the left by this new breed of hyper-leftists who seem to have more control over what’s going on in the party than Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is “the boss,” in her words, and Omar is her faithful lieutenant. That leaves the Democratic establishment in a lurch because if they have no control over the left wing of their party, the wing that guides primary voters and makes the most noise on the streets, then they have two choices. They can either go along with the radical progressives or risk splintering the party itself.

Knowing Pelosi and the Democratic establishment, they’ll cautiously ease towards appeasement. Remember, they crave power more than principles, so they have no problem supporting ideas they know won’t work if doing so will keep them in power. That means the Democratic establishment will continue their leftward lurch and embrace the tenets of socialism. That die is already cast.

The conservative response should be very similar to how it’s been since Senator Bernie Sanders hit the presidential election stage in 2015. We must be in stark opposition to socialism, but we need to do two very important things in the coming months to make sure the leftward lurch of the Democrats won’t prompt a continued lurch to the middle for Republicans. First and foremost, we must state clear conservative alternatives to everything the socialists propose. We can’t do as we’ve done in the past and say, “that’s socialistic and it won’t work.” We need to have a conservative counter to everything on the socialists’ agenda.

Second, we need to keep our thumbs on the backs of Republicans to hold their ground and fight the urge to go towards the mushy middle. Democrats continue to leave a void in the middle where many Independents dwell. The natural response for Republicans is to seem more moderate in hopes of catching these valuable votes. This would be a tremendous mistake. President Trump didn’t win because he said we should ban bump stocks or work on criminal justice reform. He won because he said he was going to build a wall. Republican leaders like the middle, which is why conservatives need to keep them very much focused on moving to the right.

Omar’s non-rebuke will set the stage for a Democratic Party shift. This shift has already been happening, of course, but by not condemning Omar’s antisemitism, leaders of the Democratic Party will have crossed the point of no return. They’re showing who’s in charge of the party, and by doing so they’re establishing which direction they must lean on all issues. This Omar situation is about more than just antisemitism. It’s about the soul of the Democratic Party, and unless something unforeseen happens soon, they are officially selling their soul to the radical progressives, the hyper-leftists, and the socialist “fringe” of the party.

The fringe is now in command of the Democratic Party. By being bullied out of rebuking Omar, the Democrats have committed themselves down the path of hyper-leftism. There’s no returning from this dark path any time soon.

Is the nation ready to revive the American Conservative Movement?



