Beneath Any Leader: Ilhan Omar Takes Swipe at Nancy Pelosi for Condemning BDS at AIPAC

Speaker Pelosi told the AIPAC audience on Tuesday morning, ‘we must also be vigilant against bigoted or dangerous ideologies masquerading as policy, and that includes BDS’

Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar took a swipe at Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s condemnation of the BDS movement on Tuesday.

The speaker condemned the “anti-Semitic myth of dual loyalty” and told the AIPAC audience on Tuesday morning, “we must also be vigilant against bigoted or dangerous ideologies masquerading as policy, and that includes BDS,” referring to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

“Israel and America are connected now and forever,” Pelosi said at the pro-Israel lobby’s annual event. “We will never allow anyone to make Israel a wedge issue.”

“A condemnation for people that want to exercise their First Amendment rights is beneath any leader, and I hope that we find a better use of language when we are trying to speak as members of Congress that are sworn to protect the Constitution,” Minnesota’s Omar told reporters in a Capitol hallway Tuesday – according to The Hill.

Omar, as well as Palestinian-American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, both publicly support the BDS movement. Read more

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