{"id":2253925,"date":"2024-05-27T18:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T22:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-lawmakers-delete-memorial-day-posts-after-showing-they-dont-know-what-its-about\/"},"modified":"2024-05-27T18:09:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T22:09:20","slug":"far-left-lawmakers-delete-memorial-day-posts-after-showing-they-dont-know-what-its-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-lawmakers-delete-memorial-day-posts-after-showing-they-dont-know-what-its-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Left-Wing Politicians Remove Memorial Day Posts Amid Confusion Over Its Meaning"},"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\">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%2Ffar-left-lawmakers-delete-memorial-day-posts-after-showing-they-dont-know-what-its-about%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=2253925&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>Representatives Ilhan Omar and \u2062Cori \u200bBush faced online pushback for their Memorial \u2063Day posts and subsequently deleted them. Their posts appeared to show a misunderstanding of the holiday&#8217;s significance. Bush&#8217;s post, which commended veterans and emphasized \u2062the need\u200c for \u200buniversal healthcare, affordable housing, \u200dand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-america-cannot-defund-the-police-to-make-cities-safer\/\" title=\"Biden Says America Cannot Defund The Police To Make Cities Safer\">additional services<\/a> for veterans, was removed shortly after it \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waters-has-shoveled-over-1-million-in-campaign-cash-to-daughter\/\" title=\"Waters Has Shoveled Over  Million in Campaign Cash to Daughter\">received criticism<\/a> for its relevancy to Memorial Day. Omar\u2019s post also \u200cfollowed a similar pattern.  <\/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>Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Cori Bush (D-MO) deleted posts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/memorial-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memorial Day<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-sports-world-reacts-to-tennis-stars-decision-to-withdraw-from-french-open-over-mental-health-concerns\/\" title=\"The Sports World Reacts To Tennis Star\u2019s Decision to Withdraw From French Open Over Mental Health Concerns\">facing backlash online<\/a> for not understanding what the day is about.<\/p>\n<p>Bush posted on her official government X account: \u201cThis #MemorialDay &#038; every day, we honor our veterans in St. Louis. We must invest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-republicans-to-introduce-bill-defining-the-meaning-of-infrastructure\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Republicans To Introduce Bill Defining The Meaning Of Infrastructure\">universal health care<\/a>, affordable housing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-goes-to-war-with-local-governments-slow-to-implement-controversial-law\/\" title=\"Newsom battles resistant local governments over controversial law\">comprehensive mental health services<\/a>, and educational &#038; economic opportunities for our veterans as we work to build a world free of war and violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omar followed suit, adding just a few minutes later on her government X account: \u201cOn #MemorialDay, we honor the heroic men and women who served our country. We owe them more than our gratitude \u2014 they have more than earned access to quality mental health services, job opportunities, housing assistance, and the benefits they were promised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Memorial Day is observed every year on the last Monday during the month of May to honor U.S. service members who have died while in the U.S. Military.<\/p>\n<p>Veterans Day is observed on November 11 every year, regardless of what day it falls on, and is a day to honor everyone who has served in the U.S. Military and is \u201cis largely intended to thank LIVING veterans for their service,\u201d the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/veterans-day\/facts-and-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both lawmakers faced criticism online for their posts.<\/p>\n<p>Popular conservative commentator AG wrote: \u201cSo do any of the squad members actually know what Memorial Day is about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So do any of the squad members actually know what Memorial Day is about?<\/p>\n<p>Omar and Bush have now deleted these tweets. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zwYBIaePU3\">pic.twitter.com\/zwYBIaePU3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AG (@AGHamilton29) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGHamilton29\/status\/1795161479190077897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIlhan Omar misunderstanding Memorial Day is incredibly on brand,\u201d said Town Hall writer John Hasson.<\/p>\n<p>Libs of TikTok added: \u201cCori Bush just deleted this tweet where she confused Memorial Day with Veterans Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representatives Ilhan Omar and Cori Bush retracted their Memorial Day social media posts following online criticism for misinterpreting the day&#8217;s significance. Bush&#8217;s post included a call to honor veterans every day, specifically in St. Louis, but also advocated for universal healthcare, affordable housing, and comprehensive education &#8211; subjects not directly relevant to Memorial Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2253926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Omar-Bush-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2253925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Omar-Bush-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253925","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2253925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2253926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2253925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2253925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2253925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}