The NY Post Is 100% Right to Call Out Ilhan Omar For Dismissing 9/11

The Left is all in a tizzy because The New York Post told it like it is concerning Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's dismissal of the 9/11 attacks as "that some people did something" during a speech last month before the Hamas inspired Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Today's NY Post cover showed an image from the 9/11 attack with the headline, "Here's your something - 2,977 dead by terrorism."


But instead of being outraged at Omar's casual dismissal of the deadliest attack against civilians on American soil, the Left defended Omar full throttle.


Rep. Rashida Tlaib: "The NY Post knows exactly what it's doing - taking quotes out of context and evoking painful imagery to spread hate and endangering the life of Rep. Omar. Shame on them, and shame on Rupert Murdoch."


Ed Krassenstein: "It's disgusting that the NY Post is attacking Illhan Omar, somehow trying to link her for 9/11. If anything, this is Islamophobia at its worst. @nypost, you should be ashamed of yourselves."


Chris Hayes of MSNBC: "Not gonna link to it but that NY Post cover is despicable."


As far as I'm concerned the only people being despicable are Omar and those who make excuses for her. In any case, one cannot judge a newspaper by its cover. The Post also put out an editorial explaining its displeasure with the freshman Congresswoman. Here's a portion of said editorial.


No one expects Muslims to “hide” after an attack by Islamist terrorists. No group should be blamed for the deeds of a few of its members. But defeating terrorism requires facing the facts of who’s behind it and why.


Instead, Omar claimed Muslims are being “terrorized” by the nation’s response to 9/11.


By the way: CAIR wasn’t founded post-9/11, but in 1994. And the feds later named it an unindicted co-conspirator in a plot to steer US funds to the terror group Hamas.


Yet Omar upped the obscure-the-facts ante Wednesday, declaring criticism of her “some people did something” line to be “incitement,” on the grounds that she has received death threats.


Huh? She’d rightly be outraged if anyone minimized those threats as merely “some words from some people.”


Omar’s cavalier brushing off of the murder of thousands of innocents on 9/11 should shock all Americans, Muslims included.


The New York Post is 100% right here. They took absolutely nothing out of context. There is no danger to Ilhan Omar's life. There is no Islamphobia, only the cold hard facts. They have nothing for which to be ashamed. The shame is Ilhan Omar's trivialization of 9/11 and those on The Left who make excuses for her.

Stephen Miller & Ilhan Omar Both Represent The Worst of American Politics

I might very well be the only person in this country who believes that both White House advisor Stephen Miller and Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar represent the worst in American politics.




The two have been in the spotlight together since Omar called Miller "a white nationalist" on Twitter. A number of conservatives such as New York Congressman Lee Zedlin have come to Miller's defense on the grounds of his Judaism. But when you spend your formative years at Duke University palling around with white supremacists like Richard Spencer while bullying Spanish speaking students into speaking English then you are a xenophobe. It also doesn't help when his own uncle arrived at the same conclusion.


But I harbor no illusions about the motives of Ilhan Omar. The only reason she is directing her attack at Miller is because he is Jewish. The fact that he is a xenophobe is irrelevant to her. Given how Omar has questioned the loyalty of American Jews, it is no surprise she has reserved her harshest attacks for Jewish officials such as Miller and Elliott Abrams.


Unfortunately, politics is a team sport. Republicans cannot acknowledge Miller's xenophobia (nor Trump's for that matter) while Democrats deny Omar's anti-Semitism (but are quick to accuse Trump of the same). Hatred is hatred. If it's OK for your guy or gal to do it then it is only a matter of time before hatred becomes tolerated and then codified. This is what the Stephen Millers and the Ilhan Omars have unleashed on this country.

Memo to Trump: U.S. Presidents Don't Name Monuments After Themselves

One need not look far to see the degree of President Trump's vanity. Eliana Johnson and Daniel Lippman demonstrate this in an article they wrote for Politico documenting Trump's behavior while he and First Lady Melania Trump were hosting French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte during a visit to George Washington's Mount Vernon estate a year ago:


President Donald Trump had some advice for George Washington.


During a guided tour of Mount Vernon last April with French president Emmanuel Macron, Trump learned that Washington was one of the major real-estate speculators of his era. So, he couldn’t understand why America’s first president didn’t name his historic Virginia compound or any of the other property he acquired after himself. 


“If he was smart, he would’ve put his name on it,” Trump said, according to three sources briefed on the exchange. “You’ve got to put your name on stuff or no one remembers you.”


The VIPs’ tour guide for the evening, Mount Vernon president and CEO Doug Bradburn, told the president that Washington did, after all, succeed in getting the nation’s capital named after him. Good point, Trump said with a laugh.


Along with Trump's later claim that he would have built Mount Vernon better and for less money, this is an astonishing statement. While some Presidents now wallow in obscurity (i.e. John Tyler, Chester Arthur and the much maligned Millard Fillmore) this cannot be said of George Washington. Aside from the Nation's Capitol, he is the only President for whom a state is named after. He is honored in every state of the union. Perhaps he has been away from New York City too long because there is the George Washington Bridge and Washington Square Park. He is on our dollar bill, but I guess Trump only deals in Benjamins.


Great men need not name things after themselves. Trump Tower is no Mount Vernon. That honor is bestowed upon them by others. When Trump's presidency is said and done, there will be far fewer monuments to him than to George Washington.

Netanyahu Wins Re-Election; Poised to Become Israel's Longest Serving PM

Benjamin Netanyahu has earned his fifth mandate from Israeli voters during a national election which took place. Netanyahu faced a tough battle from the centrist Blue and White alliance led by former IDF Chief Benny Gantz. In fact, both Netanyahu's Likud and Gantz's Blue & White each won 35 seats in the Knesset. But the smaller, predominantly Orthodox Jewish parties are most likely to align with Netanyahu to give him yet another mandate.


Assuming Netanyahu is in office in a year from now, he will surpass Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion as the Jewish State's longest serving Premier. Of course, there are bribery and corruption charges pending and he could face the same fate of his predecessor Ehud Olmert and land in jail.


For now, Netanyahu remains in office. By virtue of winning, Bibi will remain the bête noire of Beto O'Rourke, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and parts of the Democratic Party who see fit to turn Israel into public enemy number one. This is a foolish gambit.


Whether The Left likes it or not, Israelis have made their choice and they have done so freely. The same cannot be said for the Palestinians who have not voted since 2006.

Does Swalwell Have a Shot at the Democratic Nomination?

California Congressman Eric Swalwell has become the 18th Democrat to announce he is running for President during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. 

Swalwell, 38, was first elected to Congress in 2012. He has a little over half a million followers on Twitter. A decent following, but well shy of the nearly 3 million followers of freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

I'm not sure why Swalwell decided to announce on Colbert. It didn't exactly do wonders for Kirsten Gillibrand. Swalwell is also focusing his campaign on gun control. But it's not like he stands out significantly from any of his Democratic opponents on that issue. What's more his district is just outside of San Francisco and methinks that Kamala Harris has that state pretty much wrapped around her finger and given her history as a DA and the state Attorney General, she also outflanks him on the gun control issue.

Swalwell has a pretty good record on Israel. Good enough that he drew the ire of local Palestinian activists during the Israel-Gaza war in 2014. The question is will he distance himself from his past position to curry favor with so-called progressives on Israel. While I don't think he'll go all Beto and call Benjamin Netanyahu a racist, I don't think he'll go out of his way to be so vocal in his support of Israel.

Even if Swalwell concentrates his efforts on gun control, he chances of winning the Democratic Party nomination are more than a long shot.

Chris Davis Sets MLB Record He'd Rather Forget

Tonight, the Baltimore Orioles' offense broke out scoring a season high 12 runs against the Oakland A's.

Unfortunately, Chris Davis once again did not join the hit parade. He went 0 for 5 with two strikeouts. In so doing, he set a MLB record he'd rather forget. Davis is hitless in his last 49 bats dating back to 2018 breaking the previous record held by Eugenio Velez who went hitless in 46 straight at bats in 2010 and 2011 while with the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers. As for 2019, Davis is 0 for 28 with 15 strikeouts.

Even if Davis manages to get a hit soon how much longer will the Orioles stick with him? The O's still owe him $92 million from a $161 million contract signed after the 2015 season when he led the AL with 47 home runs. At what point do the Orioles cut their losses? Honestly, it would probably do Davis a world of good. He could get a way from baseball for awhile and, if he is so inclined, try to make his way back. At 33, there's enough time for Davis to pull off a third act. But it won't be at Camden Yards.

I Hope Bibi is Re-Elected If No Other Reason Than To Piss Off Beto

Let me begin by saying that it is entirely up to Israelis when they go to the polls tomorrow to decide whether they want Benjamin Netanyahu to remain as Prime Minister of it they want to change the guard and give Benny Gantz a go.


But I would like to see Bibi re-elected if for no other reason than to piss off Beto O'Rourke as the former Texas Congressman is calling him a racist.


Of course, Beto has been attacking Bibi on the campaign trail for sometime now. Clearly, O'Rourke has calculated that bashing Israel will earn him left-wing street cred. So when in doubt call Bibi a racist. Never mind that Assad gassed thousands of Syrians. The Left doesn't give a shit about Syrians. It's Israel and Jews that get under their dander. Jews are to Democrats what Mexicans are to Republicans. I wouldn't expect anything less of someone who likens climate change activists to those who sacrificed their lives on D-Day.


By all means let Beto continue attacking Bibi. Should Beto somehow be elected President then he is going to be in the awkward position of having to working with Bibi. If U.S.-Israeli relations deteriorate then Beto will have only himself to blame for his own stupidity. Beto is causing a traffic accident and when it happens there's every reason to believe he will leave the scene of the crime leaving others to clean up his mess.