{"id":2227652,"date":"2024-04-22T20:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T00:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-tries-to-defend-columbia-protesters-and-her-daughter-and-it-backfires-immediately\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T20:33:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T00:33:35","slug":"ilhan-omar-tries-to-defend-columbia-protesters-and-her-daughter-and-it-backfires-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-tries-to-defend-columbia-protesters-and-her-daughter-and-it-backfires-immediately\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilhan Omar&#8217;s Defense of Columbia Protesters and Her Daughter Backfires"},"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%2Filhan-omar-tries-to-defend-columbia-protesters-and-her-daughter-and-it-backfires-immediately%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=2227652&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>Rep. Ilhan Omar defended anti-Israel protesters, including her daughter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-congress-must-open-a-probe-into-security-failures-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"D.C. Mayor: Congress must open a probe into security failures at U.S. Capitol\">amid backlash<\/a> for their involvement in anti-Semitic protests at Columbia University. Omar claimed the protests were &#8220;co-opted&#8221; to appear negative. Critics highlighted protesters&#8217; anti-Semitic chants,\u2062 challenging Omar&#8217;s\u2062 defense. Rep. D\u2019Esposito emphasized the protesters&#8217; actions speak for themselves, calling for the release of hostages and Hamas&#8217;s surrender.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) attempted to run defense for the anti-Israel protesters \u2014 a group that includes her daughter, Barnard student Isra Hirsi \u2014 and got hit with an immediate wave of backlash.<\/p>\n<p>Omar, whose daughter was among the students who were suspended and detained for their participation in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-backed-activist-group-pushes-high-school-walk-out-for-gaza\/\" title=\"Soros-funded activists promote Gaza high school 'walk out'.\">anti-semitic protests<\/a> on Columbia University\u2019s campus, defended the protests in an X post, claiming that the protests had been \u201cco-opted\u201d and that was the real reason they looked bad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout history, protests were co-opted and made to look bad so police and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thank-god-for-andrew-cuomo-a-timeline-of-cnns-adoring-coverage-of-andrew-cuomo\/\" title=\"\u2018Thank God for Andrew Cuomo\u2019: A Timeline Of CNN\u2019s Adoring Coverage Of Andrew Cuomo\">public leaders<\/a> would shut them down. That\u2019s what we are seeing now at Columbia University,\u201d Omar said. \u201cThe Columbia protesters have made clear their demands and want their school not to be complacent in the ongoing Genocide in Gaza. Public officials and media making this about anything else are inflaming the situation and need to bring calmness and sanity back.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Throughout history, protests were co-opted and made to look bad so police and public leaders would shut them down. That\u2019s what we are seeing now at Columbia University. The Columbia protesters have made clear their demands and want their school not to be complacent in the ongoing\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1782452101676667271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Omar\u2019s efforts to spin the anti-semitic protests were quickly met with rebuttals from critics, many of whom pointed out the fact that protesters were on camera shouting and chanting slogans that called for the genocide of the Jews and the destruction of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInventing a conspiracy to blame the antisemitism and terror support of the protestors on police and others doesn\u2019t work when everyone can see the truth \u2026\u201d AG (@aghamilton29) posted, adding, \u201cIt\u2019s almost hilarious the extent to which the defenders of the antisemitic mobs at Columbia are completely reliant on pretending the numerous videos and the witness testimony from Jewish students simply don\u2019t exist to preserve their narratives.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You realize there is video, right?<\/p>\n<p>Inventing a conspiracy to blame the antisemitism and terror support of the protestors on police and others doesn\u2019t work when everyone can see the truth\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0F3KxVUWKc\">https:\/\/t.co\/0F3KxVUWKc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AG (@AGHamilton29) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGHamilton29\/status\/1782455157063663767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Anthony D\u2019Esposito (R-NY) added, \u201cIlhan, there\u2019s video. Lots of it. These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyts-op-ed-these-attacks-on-jews-are-especially-bad-because-it-makes-republicans-look-right\/\" title=\"NYT\u2019s Op-Ed: These Attacks On Jews Are Especially Bad Because It Makes Republicans Look Right\">antisemites don\u2019<\/a>t need police &#038; public leaders to make them look bad. They\u2019re doing that all by themselves. Only demands should be: Hamas, surrender; Release the hostages.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ilhan, there\u2019s video. Lots of it.<\/p>\n<p>These antisemites don\u2019t need police &#038; public leaders to make them look bad.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re doing that all by themselves. <\/p>\n<p>Only demands should be:<br \/>-Hamas, surrender. <br \/>-Release the hostages. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o6QUnNpFPZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/o6QUnNpFPZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anthony P. D&#8217;Esposito (@ANTHONYDESPO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANTHONYDESPO\/status\/1782522309170925942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Referencing Columbia\u2019s move to remote learning on Monday due to the increased tensions on campus, Erielle Azerrad pointed out: \u201cJews are studying remotely because of Omar\u2019s daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jews are studying remotely because of Omar\u2019s daughter. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z1wgdsOT4t\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z1wgdsOT4t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erielle Azerrad (@politicalelle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politicalelle\/status\/1782524313918173421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNothing was co-opted here,\u201d Pradheep Shankar said. \u201cThese idiots were always fascists and antisemites (including her daughter). Nothing has changed since the evening of 10\/7. The Columbia protester demands are irrelevant, because they are nonsense, and they should ignored. Kick them out.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nothing was co-opted here.<\/p>\n<p>These idiots were always fascists and antisemites (including her daughter). Nothing has changed since the evening of 10\/7. The Columbia protester demands are irrelevant, because they are nonsense, and they should ignored. Kick them out. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j1cBe7DCM8\">https:\/\/t.co\/j1cBe7DCM8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D. (@neoavatara) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neoavatara\/status\/1782455937762009393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) defended anti-Israel protesters, including her daughter Isra Hirsi, a Barnard student. 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