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Fast Forward Ocasio-Cortez Signs On As Co-Sponsor Of Omar’s BDS Resolution
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has signed on as a co-sponsor of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s resolution defending boycotts, a document that is widely understood as a specific show of support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. The resolution does not specifically mention Israel, but Omar told Al-Monitor before filing the resolution that the…
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Fast Forward Here Are The 17 Members Of Congress Who Voted Against Condemning BDS
Some Democrats argued that the resolution, which has no force in law, impinged on the First Amendment
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Fast Forward Beto Compares Trump Crowds Chanting ‘Send Her Back’ To Nazi Rallies At Nuremberg
Beto O’Rourke compared a recent Donald Trump rally, at which supporters chanted “Send her back!” in reference to Rep. Ilhan Omar, to the Nazi party rallies at Nuremberg. “Yes, President Trump is a racist,” O’Rourke told a reporter for ABC News in response to a question asking whether Trump is racist. “What we saw in…
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Fast Forward Stephen Miller: ‘As A Jew, I Am Outraged’ Over AOC’s Concentration Camp Comment
White House senior adviser Stephen Miller condemned Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez for her “sinful comment” comparing detention facilities on the United States-Mexico border to concentration camps. On Fox News on Sunday, Miller explained that he was especially insulted by the “historical smear” because he is Jewish. “As a Jew, as an American Jew, I am profoundly…
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Fast Forward Trump Again Cites Israel To Criticize ‘The Squad’
(JTA) — President Donald Trump continued his attacks on four freshman minority Democratic congresswomen that he has assailed with racist tweets, and involved Israel in the debate. In Sunday’s tweet he called on “the four Congresswomen,” referring to Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, and Ayanna Pressley of…
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Fast Forward Trump Cites Israel To Defend Telling Congresswomen To ‘Go Back’ To Their Countries
(JTA) — President Trump said that his call for some Democratic congresswomen to “go back” to “crime infested” [sic] their countries was also in defense of Israel. Trump referenced Israel on Twitter Monday morning and Sunday, amid an outcry over the earlier tweet he made, which was racist and anti-immigrant because it implied that the…
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Fast Forward Dov Hikind Sues Ocasio-Cortez For Blocking Him On Twitter
(JTA) — Dov Hikind, the former Democratic New York Assemblyman, filed a lawsuit against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for blocking him on Twitter because he holds opposing viewpoints. Hikind filed the lawsuit in Federal District Court in Brooklyn. on Tuesday, hours after a federal appeals court ruled that President Donald Trump was violating the Constitution by…
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Fast Forward AOC’s Chief-Of-Staff Wears T-Shirt Featuring Nazi Collaborator
(JTA) — The chief of staff for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is under fire for wearing a T-shirt bearing the image of a Nazi collaborator. Saikat Chakrabarti is seen wearing the green shirt in a video that aired in December on NowThis News about Ocasio-Cortez’s surprise congressional victory the previous month. The shirt features a sketch…
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