{"id":880472,"date":"2021-10-14T18:43:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T22:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=880472"},"modified":"2021-10-14T18:43:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T22:43:55","slug":"ilhan-omar-reveals-the-conservative-politician-she-finds-inspiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-reveals-the-conservative-politician-she-finds-inspiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilhan Omar Reveals The Conservative Politician She Finds \u2018Inspiring\u2019"},"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\">18<\/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-reveals-the-conservative-politician-she-finds-inspiring%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=880472&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><\/div>\n<p>During an interview with the British show \u201cPeston,\u201d Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar opened up about her favorite politician whom she found \u201cinspiring\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Omar spoke about her favorite political role model, former conservative U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, while discussing her 2020 memoir, \u201cThis Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman.\u201d Omar said the fact that Thatcher did not depend on a man for her success in politics, inspired her career in politics.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.3823529411765\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">US Congresswoman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IlhanMN<\/a> tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnushkaAsthana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AnushkaAsthana<\/a> why Margaret Thatcher is one of her political role models. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7<\/p>\n<p>Tune into the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvpeston?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@itvpeston<\/a> live stream now for exclusive ad break content.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Peston?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Peston<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O5Wl2eRizZ\">pic.twitter.com\/O5Wl2eRizZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peston (@itvpeston) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvpeston\/status\/1448389349976981511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201dShe [Thatcher] was the only one that I knew of that came to politics on her own, not because there was a man nudging her forward,\u201d Omar said. \u201cAnd it was inspiring, really, to believe that I didn\u2019t need my father or my brothers or my husband to be involved in politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omar also praised Thatcher in her 2020 book and called the Iron Lady \u201cmy greatest hero\u201d and a \u201cself-start\u201d, <a title=\"Ilhan Omar calls Margaret Thatcher&#039;s rise &#039;inspiring&#039;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/ilhan-omar-calls-margaret-thatchers-rise-inspiring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhenever I am asked which famous person dead or alive I would want to meet if I could, my answer is always without fail Margaret Thatcher,\u201d she reportedly wrote.&nbsp;\u201cWhile her politics aren\u2019t mine, she was also a first \u2014 the first female prime minister of Britain. Thatcher was a self-starter in the grandest of ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omar, a self-proclaimed Democratic socialist, has advocated for far-left policies such as environmental justice, Medicare for all, and ending mass incarceration, <a title=\"Ilhan Omar\" href=\"https:\/\/omar.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to her website. These policies differ starkly from those of Thatcher. <strong><a title=\"\u2018The Squad\u2019 Pushes To \u2018Defund The Police\u2019 While Spending Thousands On Private Security To Protect Themselves\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/19\/squad-members-defund-police-spent-thousands-private-security-protect-themselves-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omar-ayanna-pressley-cori-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018The Squad\u2019 Pushes to \u201cDefund The Police\u2019 While Spending Thousands On Private Security To Protect Themselves)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.9448275862069\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor. ~MLK Jr.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1329619652780171266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thatcher took a strong stance against socialism and advocated for free markets during her tenure as prime minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe socialists tell us that there are massive profits in a particular industry and they should not go to the shareholders \u2014 but that the public should reap the benefits. Benefits? What benefits \u2026 the only interest now left to the public is in witnessing the depressing spectacle of their money going down the drain,\u201d Thatcher said of socialists, <a title=\"Margaret Thatcher on Socialism: 20 of Her Best Quotes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/amp\/s\/fee.org\/articles\/margaret-thatcher-on-socialism-20-of-her-best-quotes\/amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Foundation for Economic Education.<\/p>\n<p>Omar did recognize the difference between herself and the Iron Lady in a tweet from 2017.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I personally didn\u2019t like her politics and policies but really admired how she was unapologetically herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/834237324267515904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI personally didn\u2019t like her politics and policies but really admired how she was unapologetically herself,\u201d she wrote at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During an interview with the British show \u201cPeston,\u201d Democratic Minnesota Rep. 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