Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is a refugee herself, so you would think she would have a little more compassion for the families rushing to flee Ukraine. Instead of praising efforts to help the war-torn country, she criticized them and played the ‘what about’ game.
“Our language, our rhetoric, our policies in dealing with refugees has to change. The United States is committing to now having temporary protective status up to 18 months for Ukrainians. And, we are hopefully going to lift the refugee quota, so that we can bring in Ukrainian refugees. And, I just hope that, you know, when we are thinking about Syrians, and folks from Afghanistan, and south and Central America, our rhetoric will hopefully also shift. There are countries like Yemen, and Ethiopia that are currently experiencing devastation, and we haven’t seen the kind of care and compassion that is being used to talk about these particular refugees for those refugees who are also experiencing devastating situations as well. “—Ilhan Omar
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Sure, when the cameras are rolling Omar ‘supports’ the efforts to aid Ukraine, but her Twitter account says otherwise. The radical Democrat has retweeted anti-Ukrainian posts made by other users and criticized the decisions to send arms to Ukraine.
One user noted her two-face politics:
“Easy to criticize and question. Hard to lead. What policies are you recommending? Are you saying we should not provide weapons and financial support for Ukraine?”
Omar clapped back:
“I support giving Ukraine the resources it needs to defend its people, I just have legitimate concerns about the size and scope. Btw, criticizing and questioning is my job as a leader and a member of Congress. It’s the hardest part of the job, trust me it’s easy to just follow”
The user was responding to a post by Omar where she argued that sending small arms could be ‘disastrous’:
“The consequences of flooding Ukraine with billion dollars in 🇺🇸 weapons, likely not limited to just military-specific equipment but also including small arms + ammo, are unpredictable & likely disastrous.
Specially when they are given to paramilitary groups w/out accountability.”
The consequences of flooding Ukraine with billion dollars in 🇺🇸 weapons, likely not limited to just military-specific equipment but also including small arms + ammo, are unpredictable & likely disastrous.
Specially when they are given to paramilitary groups w/out accountability.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) March 8, 2022
The issue I have with this last argument, other than it’s just anti-gun rhetoric, is that these ‘paramilitary groups’ Omar is referring to are Ukrainian patriots, regular citizens, who have taken up arms to defend their country. They deserve a little more respect than some politicians assuming they’ll later turn their weapons on their own people.