{"id":1772459,"date":"2022-12-12T12:47:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T17:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1772459"},"modified":"2022-12-12T12:47:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T17:47:49","slug":"rep-ilhan-omar-compares-america-to-habitual-human-rights-violator-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-ilhan-omar-compares-america-to-habitual-human-rights-violator-qatar\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Ilhan Omar Compares America To Habitual Human Rights Violator Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Frep-ilhan-omar-compares-america-to-habitual-human-rights-violator-qatar%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=1772459&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>Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar is no stranger to expressing hatred for the United States. Her visit to Qatar last week for the World Cup proved to be no exception when she conflated the Middle Eastern country\u2019s persistent human rights violations to American history. <\/p>\n<p>While Omar noted she is aware of the criticisms Qatar faces for its use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/fifa-world-cup\/story\/4819007\/qatari-official-puts-world-cup-deaths-between-400-and-500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fatal migrant labor practices<\/a>, she said she believes Qatar\u2019s questionable human rights track record should not taint the country\u2019s image. \u201cI don\u2019t think that should really negate the fact that this being held in Qatar is historic, and there are a lot of people who are celebrating that historic achievement,\u201d Omar said. <\/p>\n<p>While in Qatar, Omar met with Qatari foreign minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani and allegedly raised concerns about some of the country\u2019s dubious practices. But in the end, Omar chalked up Qatar\u2019s problems to a global failure to reach perfection \u2014 and compared the human rights abuser to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the world that we\u2019re living in right now, and the way in which we understand history, there are no perfect countries that have a perfect record,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ilhan-omar-chris-murphy-world-cup-qatar-human-rights-lgbtq-2022-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told Insider<\/a>. \u201cWe are slated to host the World Cup next with Mexico and Canada. I wonder what kinds of conversations will be had, and how many people will object to that happening with the history of indigenous people, of enslavement, of police brutality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who joined Omar\u2019s trip to the tournament, opted to call Qatar \u201can imperfect partner\u201d before claiming that \u201cin many ways, they are our best partner in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/ilhan-omar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">historically antisemitic<\/a> Omar has tried to equate the actions of the nation she swore to represent with the morally reprehensible practices of other nations and groups. <\/p>\n<p>For Omar\u2019s comments conflating the \u201cunthinkable atrocities\u201d committed by terrorist groups such as Hamas and the Taliban to the sins of the U.S. and Israel, House Democrats issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSchneider\/status\/1402823538399137794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reprimand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEquating the United States and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban is as offensive as it is misguided,\u201d a dozen leftist lawmakers said in a joint statement. \u201cIgnoring the differences between democracies governed by the rule of law and contemptible organizations that engage in terrorism at best discredits one\u2019s intended argument and at worst reflects deep-seated prejudice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omar did not apologize for her comparison. Instead, she chastised her colleagues for allegedly using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1402848816785772544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cislamaphobic tropes\u201d<\/a> in their critique. <\/p>\n<p>After facing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepLeeZeldin\/status\/1402827823497236481?s=20&#038;t=zCRgvCbm0A7b-9TmVNl2yw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">renewed calls<\/a> to be removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Omar eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/omar.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-ilhan-omar-statement-questions-during-house-foreign-affairs-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued a statement<\/a> \u201cclarifying\u201d her objectionable comments. Her offending tweet, however, is still featured on her official Twitter page.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity. <\/p>\n<p>We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban. <\/p>\n<p>I asked <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecBlinken<\/a> where people are supposed to go for justice. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tUtxW5cIow\">pic.twitter.com\/tUtxW5cIow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ilhan\/status\/1401985884191404041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2021<\/a>   <\/p>\n<p> Jordan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ilhan Omar chalked up Qatar\u2019s problems to a global failure to reach perfection &#8212; and compared the human rights abuser to the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":1772462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[5374,4746,6919,8141,5576,5202,5205,7823,7129,5579,7017],"class_list":["post-1772459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-america","tag-compares","tag-federalist","tag-habitual","tag-human","tag-ilhan","tag-omar","tag-qatar","tag-rep","tag-rights","tag-violator"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772459","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\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1772459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1772462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1772459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1772459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1772459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}