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Showing Original Post only (View all)Let's give it up for Rep. Ilhan Omar for her wonderful actions yesterday [View all]
During the Reagan administration, one of the US-supported militias went into the village of El Mozote and tortured, raped, and murdered the inhabitants of the village. Despite media coverage at the time and later forensics which also indicated that this massacre happened, the Reagan Administration (With Elliott Abrams) and it's supporters denied the massacre happened and pretty much called it "fake news" (Sound familiar?)
Yesterday, with a lot of pressing and persistence, Rep. Ilhan Omar got the soulless sociopath to sheepishly admit the massacre was not a high point of the Reagan Administration's policy there.
I don't think there are a lot of people there who could have done that.
That is power being used right.
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Let's give it up for Rep. Ilhan Omar for her wonderful actions yesterday [View all]
ck4829
Feb 2019
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So the people with the opportunities to grill and question these criminals...
doompatrol39
Feb 2019
#11
Ah, like having a schedule of which Democratic can speak on any given day to "avoid stepping on toes
LanternWaste
Feb 2019
#32
every second of airtime these people get is a second NOT devoted to the toddler tyrant.
niyad
Feb 2019
#46
The KGOP is going to do this no matter what, right now on other mixed aisle forums they're LITTERALY
uponit7771
Feb 2019
#57
It's up to everyone to be fighting back - don't silence the newbies - the oldies need to step up.
flor-de-jasmim
Feb 2019
#9
On one hand they deify Ronald Reagan. On the other, we deal with the aftermath of his policies every
ck4829
Feb 2019
#50
Knowing that Abrams viewed her with hatred and disgust, she handled it very well.
OnDoutside
Feb 2019
#8
Give her a call or drop her a note to let her know we appreciate her and have her back.
pdsimdars
Feb 2019
#25