{"id":1261037,"date":"2022-02-01T10:23:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T15:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1261037"},"modified":"2022-02-01T10:23:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T15:23:52","slug":"squad-member-ilhan-omar-makes-her-decision-regarding-2022-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-ilhan-omar-makes-her-decision-regarding-2022-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Squad Member Ilhan Omar Makes Her Decision Regarding 2022 Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsquad-member-ilhan-omar-makes-her-decision-regarding-2022-run%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1261037&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar announced on Monday that she will seek re-election in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Omar became the first Somali American elected to Congress in 2018 and was re-elected in 2020 with 64% support in Minnesota\u2019s 5th District against Republican challenger Lacy Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>The progressive congresswoman has long been associated with a radical group of House Democrats referred to as the Squad. Other members include Reps. Jamaal Bowman (NY), Cori Bush (MO), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Ayanna Pressley (MA), and Rashida Tlaib (MI).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I first ran for this office there was one thing I kept coming back to. Something I said to myself and to the voters over and over: I believe that a better world is possible. I still believe that,\u201d Omar said in a statement on Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/minnesota.cbslocal.com\/2022\/01\/31\/ilhan-omar-announces-campaign-for-re-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> WCCO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOmar has passed eight bills and amendments into law during her first two terms. Additionally, she passed another 48 bills through the House, introduced 100 more, and co-sponsored nearly 1,100 more bills and amendments,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<p>In a video prior to her re-election announcement, Omar posted a video to show her accomplishments over the past three years in the House.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Before we kickoff our reelection campaign, we thought it might be fun to look back at the last three years and try this challenge where progressive leaders share everything they\u2019ve gotten done in under two minutes. <\/p>\n<p>Here \u2b07\ufe0f is our remix: 3 years in\u2026 more or less 3 minutes. \ud83d\ude1c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pwVHE7xXQm\">pic.twitter.com\/pwVHE7xXQm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1488312883268263936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Omar is seen as controversial among many Americans over her progressive views that have included calls to defund police as well as attacks against Israel that have been noted as anti-semitism on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mccarthy-to-introduce-bill-replenishing-israels-iron-dome-while-democrats-deal-with-omars-anti-semitic-outburst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple occasions<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Omar was slammed by Jewish organizations for the anti-Semitic outburst, which is just the latest example in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ocasio-cortez-omar-tlaib-take-democrats-anti-ryan-saavedra\">long history<\/a>&nbsp;of anti-Semitic remarks. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/13\/politics\/pelosi-ilhan-omar-democrats-cnntv\/index.html\">said<\/a>&nbsp;a couple of weeks ago that she \u201cdid not rebuke\u201d Omar for comparing the U.S. and Israel to terrorist organizations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shocking \u2013 Ilhan Omar refusing to take ANY accountability for her obscene antisemitism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Instead she has the audacity to blame Jewish members of Congress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When will this vile bigot finally be censured and properly reprimanded by her party?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Enough is enough! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hsj1v6u4yI\">https:\/\/t.co\/hsj1v6u4yI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StopAntisemitism.org (@StopAntisemites) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StopAntisemites\/status\/1410017884995264516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said in an interview in January that if Republicans win control of the House in 2022 that he is kicking at least three Democrats off of certain committees, including Omar. The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kevin-mccarthy-im-kicking-3-democrats-off-their-committees-if-republicans-win-back-house-in-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>McCarthy made the remarks in an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/10\/exclusive-kevin-mccarthy-plans-to-strip-ilhan-omar-off-foreign-affairs-eric-swalwell-and-adam-schiff-off-intelligence-committee\/\">interview<\/a>&nbsp;with Breitbart News and said that the move comes in light of to Democrats kicking two Republicans \u2014 Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) \u2014 off their committees.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Democrats have created a new thing where they\u2019re picking and choosing who can be on committees,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cNever in the history [of Congress] have you had the majority tell the minority who can be on committee. But this new standard which these Democrats have voted for\u2014if Eric Swalwell cannot get a security clearance in the private sector, there is no reason why he should be given one to be on Intel or Homeland Security. He will not be serving there.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIlhan Omar should not be serving on Foreign Affairs,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cThis is a new level of what the Democrats have done.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Omar also made headlines in October 2021 for blasting her own state\u2019s Minneapolis police force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne, the police have chosen to not fulfill their oath of office and to provide the public safety they are owed to the citizens they serve, right? It\u2019s documented. But even before that, it was documented. The Minneapolis Police Department is the most dysfunctional police department, in our state and probably in the country,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ilhan Omar accuses police of not fulfilling their oath of office and blames them for the rise in violent crime in Minneapolis. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3LhuOuXEff\">pic.twitter.com\/3LhuOuXEff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Berg (@MikeKBerg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeKBerg\/status\/1452727174423891975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar announced on Monday that she will seek re-election in 2022. Omar became the first Somali American elected to Congress in 2018 and was re-elected in 2020 with 64% support in Minnesota\u2019s 5th District against Republican challenger Lacy Johnson. The progressive congresswoman has long been associated with a radical group of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1261037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1261037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1261037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1261037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1261037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}