{"id":2002511,"date":"2023-08-16T13:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T17:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-about-the-qatari-benjamins-qatar-funded-ilhan-omars-world-cup-trip\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T13:40:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T17:40:34","slug":"all-about-the-qatari-benjamins-qatar-funded-ilhan-omars-world-cup-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-about-the-qatari-benjamins-qatar-funded-ilhan-omars-world-cup-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar funded Ilhan Omar&#8217;s World Cup journey."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fall-about-the-qatari-benjamins-qatar-funded-ilhan-omars-world-cup-trip%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=2002511&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--><div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>&#8216;Squad&#8217; member has a history of making\u2064 anti-Semitic\u200c comments about Israeli lobbyists<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<p>      \u2063     \u200dIlhan\u2064 Omar (Getty Images)<br \/>\n \u200d<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Representative Ilhan Omar, a member of the &#8220;Squad&#8221; known for her controversial remarks \u2063about\u2064 American support for Israel, recently\u200b attended the 2022 World\u200b Cup \u200bin Qatar. This trip was\u200d funded\u200b by Qatar, \u2064the oil-rich Gulf\u2062 nation \u200cthat supports \u2062the terrorist group Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>During her stay from\u200b November \u206319-23,\u2064 the Qatari <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-the-wuhan-lab-leak-theory-should-have-never-been-labeled-a-conspiracy\/\" title=\"OPINION: The Wuhan Lab Leak Theory Should Have Never Been Labeled A \u2018Conspiracy\u2019\">government covered<\/a>\u200b Omar&#8217;s lodging and\u2063 food expenses, as stated in her financial disclosures.\u200b She had the opportunity to meet\u200b with Qatari officials \u200cand even shared a photo from a World Cup match she \u2064attended with\u200d her husband \u200cand former British soccer star David Beckham. According\u2062 to\u2064 Jewish Insider, the Qatari\u200b embassy \u200cexplained that Omar&#8217;s trip was funded under the \u2062Mutual Educational and\u2064 Cultural Exchange Act, which allows foreign governments to support certain congressional trips.<\/p>\n<p>This foreign junket\u2063 raises \u200dquestions about Omar&#8217;s priorities. It suggests \u2063that she is more concerned with the influence Qatar \u2063can gain over Congress rather than \u200dthe Jewish State, which \u2064she\u200b has \u200dpreviously accused of receiving support\u2062 solely\u2062 due to financial contributions. Omar&#8217;s controversial statements, \u2062such as &#8220;It&#8217;s \u200ball about the Benjamins baby,&#8221; in \u2064reference to the American Israel\u2064 Public \u200bAffairs Committee, have led to her removal \u200dfrom the House Foreign Affairs Committee. She\u200b has also made comparisons between the United States, Israel, and \u200dterrorist groups like Hamas and the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan \u2064Schanzer, senior \u2062vice president for research at the Foundation\u200b for Defense of\u200d Democracies, criticized Omar&#8217;s selective outrage regarding foreign influence. He pointed out that Qatar has\u2064 spent $226 million on\u200b lobbying since 2016, compared to Israel&#8217;s $162 million, according to OpenSecrets.<\/p>\n<p>Omar, a member \u200bof \u2064the\u2062 progressive \u200cSquad, defended \u200cher trip despite concerns about Qatar&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-court-jails-womens-rights-activist-posing-challenge-for-biden\/\" title=\"Saudi court jails women\u2019s rights activist, posing challenge for Biden\">human rights record<\/a> and its use of slave labor in building World Cup stadiums. She drew parallels between Qatar&#8217;s actions and the United States&#8217; historical treatment \u2063of indigenous people, \u200benslavement,\u200d and police brutality.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that other American lawmakers also attended\u2064 the\u2064 World Cup, with some trips funded by Qatar. The \u200cU.S. \u200dgovernment covered the expenses for Senators \u200bTodd\u2062 Young, \u200bChris\u2063 Murphy, and Robert Menendez, while Qatar funded trips for a bipartisan group of \u2062House members including Matt Gaetz, Andre Carson, Claudia\u2062 Tenney, and Eric Swalwell.<\/p>\n<p>Swalwell, who praised Qatar&#8217;s showcasing of the region&#8217;s religion and culture \u2064during the World Cup,\u2063 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-about-the-qatari-benjamins-qatar-funded-ilhan-omars-world-cup-trip\/\" title=\"Qatar funded Ilhan Omar's World Cup journey.\">made\u2063 multiple high-profile \u200dtrips<\/a> to the country. \u2063In April 2021, he and his \u200dwife were hosted in\u200d Doha by the U.S.-Qatar Business\u2062 Council, a pro-Qatari trade group. \u2063Swalwell\u2062 and Representative Ruben Gallego were\u2063 even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ruben-gallego-rakes-in-lobbyist-cash-as-he-blasts-sinema-over-ties-to-deep-pocketed-lobbyists\/\" title=\"Rub\u00e9n Gallego criticizes Sinema's connections to wealthy lobbyists while benefiting from their financial support.\">photographed riding shirtless<\/a> on \u2063camels in\u200d the Qatari \u2063desert. After the trip, they both praised Qatar&#8217;s preparations for the World\u2062 Cup and \u2064assured the safety of American \u200ctourists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ilhan Omar, a &#8220;Squad&#8221; member known for anti-Semitic remarks about Israeli lobbyists, was sponsored by Qatar, the oil-rich Gulf nation supporting Hamas, to attend the 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":2002512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"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\/2002511","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\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2002511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}