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theboss

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25. No because there is no 2000 year old belief that the NRA is an evil group that buys people off
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 05:07 PM
Feb 2019

Also, there have been very few pogroms or genocides directed at the NRA.

Ilhan Omar apologizes [View all] Yosemito Feb 2019 OP
An excellent response. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #1
+1000 Power 2 the People Feb 2019 #4
Yes elleng Feb 2019 #10
This.... LovingA2andMI Feb 2019 #15
It really is perfect n/t Tom Rinaldo Feb 2019 #18
not quite perfect Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2019 #22
Nice reply... Tom Rinaldo Feb 2019 #34
I'm not sure what I missed on this one... In It to Win It Feb 2019 #2
Conspiracy theories invoking George Soros get people killed... Republicans brush it under the rug ck4829 Feb 2019 #3
Omar didn't mention Soros Yosemito Feb 2019 #5
I know... ck4829 Feb 2019 #6
Got it Yosemito Feb 2019 #7
my 2 cents agrees with your 2 cents Kurt V. Feb 2019 #8
"accurately describing how the Israel lobby works is not anti-Semitism." elleng Feb 2019 #9
Thank you, absolutely agree! scarletwoman Feb 2019 #40
Thank you, Rep Omar leftynyc Feb 2019 #11
I'm glad she apologized. I don't get why adults in public service need to "learn" so much theboss Feb 2019 #12
Fair enough. marble falls Feb 2019 #13
What You Said... LovingA2andMI Feb 2019 #14
Oh please...as if she needs an "education" on anti-semitic tropes. Disingenuous bullshit. Marengo Feb 2019 #16
She actually does. She should have attacked our government's Emmanuel Goldstein instead ck4829 Feb 2019 #30
Of course it is. Her district has many inluential and, yes, affluent Jews question everything Feb 2019 #37
Nice that she publicly apologized, but I am still very done with her. tritsofme Feb 2019 #17
I doubt you were with her in the first place wellst0nev0ter Feb 2019 #19
Yep. Me too. grossproffit Feb 2019 #21
I agree. That was bordering on "I apologize to anyone I may have offended". Lukewarm. George II Feb 2019 #24
It's good of her to apologize, but her point was GOP takes too much lobbyist money IronLionZion Feb 2019 #20
There is that. calimary Feb 2019 #23
No because there is no 2000 year old belief that the NRA is an evil group that buys people off theboss Feb 2019 #25
Yes, comparing a Jewish lobbyist organization to the NRA is offensive. George II Feb 2019 #29
AIPAC and NRA are both lobbying organizations IronLionZion Feb 2019 #39
The New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Rams are both "organizations" with the goal.... George II Feb 2019 #42
Lobbying organizations buy off politicians to influence legislation IronLionZion Feb 2019 #38
Thank you! "AIPAC does that [lobbying] for Israel and does NOT represent Jewish-American people." nt scarletwoman Feb 2019 #41
I still would have tweeted like she originally did, without even a thought of anti-semitism. PeeJ52 Feb 2019 #26
They're apologizing for tweeting out a song lyric? TCJ70 Feb 2019 #27
Oh PatSeg Feb 2019 #36
Your "constituents"? Minnesota has eight members in the House, and about 25,000 Jewish residents... George II Feb 2019 #28
This makes zero sense melman Feb 2019 #31
Sorry, you missed the point of my post. George II Feb 2019 #33
This is a real apology and is an example of the correct way to issue an apology Gothmog Feb 2019 #32
Omar Is A Statesman RAAD2 Feb 2019 #35
We willingly elect a proud antisemite who proceeds to... say anti-Semitic things. SHOCKING!! MadDAsHell Feb 2019 #43
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