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Ilhan Omar speech proved to be mistranslated but outrage continues spread

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Republicans, rightwing figures and foreign politicians have seized upon the video despite proof the lawmaker was misquoted

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The Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, has gone furthest in her response to the clip, calling Omar a “foreign agent in our government”. Greene, a leading supporter of Donald Trump, who also attempted to censure the Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib in November, called Omar a “terrorist sympathizer” on X last week, adding: “Somalian first. Muslim second. She never mentions America.”
I vote we should be allowed to see ALL donors of ALL politicians. full disclosure. And ban super-PACS altogether. We'll see whose the foreign agent.
- We already voted on that bill. The Republicans voted against it, for some reason.
- Who's
  
  on first.
  What's on second.
  I don't know is on third
- https://www.opensecrets.org/
  People in our government are required to financially disclose their finances, and anyone who doesn't should absolutely be investigated.
  
  That's cute
  
  How many book sales are a form of getting around suspicious reporting, though? They write (or have shadow writers write) a book; sell them in bulk to... "super pacs" or whatevers; which are entirely funded by... russians, chineese, american oligarchs, etc.
  They also report late, or not at all. (Mike Johnson doesn't have a bank account? interesting.)
- Do something about that ratfuck Bob Menendez first
Even if she did say "Somalians first..." how many White Americans call themselves Irish or Italian? And have parades celebrating how Irish or Italian they are?
- Right, but Irish and Italian people aren't black. Or Muslim.
  
  They didn’t used to be considered white either
  
  That was sort of my point.
- It’s weird for any white American to say they are “Irish” first
- this is a bs comment. I have never known anyone to make a comment that their nationality first over america. Total pride in it sure and maybe something close like we are not just americans but X americans but not like it takes priority. Granted this comment is based on yours saying if she did say it so because moot in reality.
  
  Never heard a Texan say they're Texan first American second?
  
  You heard em folks, burn all the "Kiss me I'm Irish" shirts for being un-American
  
  I have never known anyone to make a comment that their nationality first over america.
  Cool. That includes Ilhan Omar.
Conservative racism on display again. As always.
There are 435 members of the house. Any guesses as to why we are disproportionately talking about Ilhan Omar?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A week after a mistranslated clip of Ilhan Omar sparked outrage online, some far-right House Republicans are still following through with calls for the progressive lawmaker to be censured.
Greene, a leading supporter of Donald Trump, who also attempted to censure the Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib in November, called Omar a “terrorist sympathizer” on X last week, adding: “Somalian first.
The preliminary deal, termed a memorandum of understanding, would see Somaliland lease Ethiopia a naval base on the Gulf of Aden and grant it widened access to its Berbera port.
Omar defended her comments in the days that followed, saying the subtitles in the video were “not only slanted but completely off”, as she expressed her support for the government of Somalia, where she was born, as it finds itself embroiled in standoff with Ethiopia.
Omar vowed to thwart the deal, which the US has also expressed concerns over, telling people at the gathering in Minneapolis: “For as long as I am in Congress, no one will take over the seas belonging to the nation of Somalia and the United States will not support others who seek to steal from us.”
Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, criticised the move as a “frivolous censure resolution, designed to inflame and castigate and further divide us”.
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