Trump Targets Ilhan Omar, Media Ignores Her Critics
Trump's latest xenophobic attack calling for Ilhan Omar to be 'thrown out of our country' is deplorable, as The Independent notes. But what they don't scrutinize is how Omar, a Somali-American Muslim woman, has been a perennial target, not just for Trump, but for the very establishment criticized for weaponizing antisemitism against her. For example, she was removed from the House Foreign Affairs
Committee in 2023, a move spearheaded by Rep. Kevin McCarthy, after years of bad-faith accusations regarding her criticisms of Israeli policy. The media reports Trump's bigotry, yet often functions as an unwitting enabler by ignoring the broader, well-funded efforts to silence voices like Omar's that dare question aid to Israel or AIPAC's influence. Is it 'bigotry' only when Trump says it, or when
it challenges the establishment line?