TLAIB AND OMAR INSIST THEY ARE NOT ANTI-SEMITIC, SAY EACH HID A JEW IN THEIR ATTICS

The Muslim half of AOC’s squad defend themselves against accusations they are anti-Semitic

The Minneapolis–Saint Paul Herald
August 20, 2019

At a press conference in Minneapolis on Monday, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, the Muslim half of AOC’s squad, slammed Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and defended themselves against accusations they are anti-Semitic.

In talking about being barred from Israel, Tlaib said: “As a young girl, visiting Palestine to see my grandparents, I watched as my mother had to go through dehumanizing checkpoints — even though she was a United States citizen and proud American. All I can do as the granddaughter of a woman who lived in occupied territory is to elevate her voice by exposing the truth the only way I know how. It is unfortunate that Prime Minister Netanyahu has taken a page out of Trump’s book.”

Omar said: “The decision to ban me and my colleague, the first two Muslim-American women elected to congress, is nothing less than an attempt by an ally of the United States to suppress our ability to do our jobs as elected officials. I had planned to travel to Israel and Palestine to hear from individuals on the ground about the conflict so that i could be more informed as a member of Congress and as a member on the Foreign Affairs Committee.”

Reporter: Are you two anti-Semitic?

Tlaib: We’re not anti-Semitic, we just don’t like Jews.

Reporter: Representative Omar, what about your statement “It’s all about the Benjamins baby”? That’s clearly anti-Semitic.

Omar: No it isn’t! The Jews control members of the House and the Senate with their ill-begotten wealth, like the Shylocks with their usury rates and the absentee landlords charging people of color exorbitant rents for dilapidated housing. It’s not anti-Semitic because that’s a fact. Not only do the Jews control Congress, but everyone knows the evil Rothschild bankers control the non-Muslim world.

Reporter: How are you going to convince Jews you are not anti-Semitic?

Tlaib: We didn’t think we needed to say this, but we each hid a Jew in our attics.

Reporter: Hid a Jew in your attics? Why in the world would you do that? Hide a Jew from what? From who?

Tlaib: Why do you ask?

Omar: That’s all. We have an important engagement elsewhere.

Omar was overheard telling Tlaib, “Why in the fuck did you bring up that attic crap? You should have told him one of our best friends is a Jew. You know, like Bernie Sanders. That fucking Jew reporter might have gone for that.”

The reporter was overheard saying, “Hah … Hid a Jew in their attics. Omar and Tlaib are not only anti-Semitic, they’re both also stupid as shit!”