What’s the difference between Ilhan Omar’s (IO) comments about the Jews and the slurs of more famous vintage? Not much that I can tell. As a historian, she draws from the same scurrilous anti-Jewish tropes that would reach a crescendo of hate in National Socialism.
Here she is in comments before a microphone and in tweets:
“I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is OK for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country.”
“It’s all about the Benjamins baby” – IO tweet, 2/10/2019.
“Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel. #Gaza #Palestine #Israel.” – IO tweet in 2012.
Take a look for yourself. The Nazi posters below were typical of the disgusting genre, and are emblematic of a growing sentiment in the Democratic Party.
However, Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie would find objectionable the negative aspersions directed at the USSR in one of the posters.
For these rising stars in the Dem firmament, they might agree with Lincoln Steffens’s assessment in a visit to the USSR (1921?), “I have seen the future, and it works”. The USSR is probably the “shining city on a hill” in the Bernie/AOC/Omar wing of the party.
RogerG