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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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?
Not a foreign country, Texas. At least not yet
You heard em folks, burn all the "Kiss me I'm Irish" shirts for being un-American
Those shirts aren't being worn in the halls of Congress.
Because you have to wear suits there...
And yet Ilham Omar calls for genocide of Israelis in Congress...
When did she do that? Please show us the source that makes this claim.
Straight from the source: https://omar.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-omar-introduces-resolution-block-weapons-sale-used-fund-war-crimes-gaza
In my mind, interference in Israel's ability to secure itself from terrorist attacks is calling on Israelis to roll over and die.
Ah, so she didn't actually do it.
So we shouldn't interfere then, and let them buy their own weapons with their own money?
We continued to fund UNRWA right up until we found out they were literally terrorists. I have no problem continuing to fund Israel with my tax dollars because they are most certainly not.
nice whataboutism, still didn't answer the question though
lol, lmao even
Argue the point not the person.
Wasn't it about 0.04% of UNRWA who were accused of being involved in the terror attack? Even if the accusations turn out to be true*, your claim that "UNRWA are literally terrorists" is about as accurate as saying that all Israelis are terrorists. Because some Israelis most certainly are.
I'm not trying to convince you, because you clearly haven't used rational thinking to arrive at your perspective. But you could at least try to make your argument a little bit more credible.
*They're not true. According to Channel 4, the intelligence report "contains no evidence to support Israel's claim."
Huh. Crazy that the US would defend UNRWA without evidence. So either the entire US government is wrong, or you're spreading misinformation.
Would love to see credible source backing up your outlandish claims.
Ok yeah, source for the number of people in UNRWA is UNRWA. Source for the number of people accused is Israel. Source for the Channel 4 findings is....Channel 4. Was there any fact in particular you
don't want to be truetake issue with?The US government didn't say that all of UNRWA are terrorists. Only you did that.
Goalpost movement: unsuccessful
You know that free tour they have with no dress code?
Cool. That includes Ilhan Omar.
Maybe. The article does not give the "correct" translation so who knows. One side says omar said this and the other said no its not that.
It absolutely does give the correct translation. Literally the third paragraph of the article:
How many Somali translators did "the other side" use?
Several, but lots of other intermediates were involved. At one point, they actually arrived at exactly this!
I was looking for that but somehow I thought that was the initial translation and not the corrected one. I guess they just did not give the initial one used outside of politician comments. So my bad but I really wish news articles were written differently.