Ilhan Omar Defends 2012 Tweet: I Dont Know How My Comments Would Be Offensive To Jewish-Americans

(The Hill) By John Bowden 01/17/19 12:23 PM Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) the first Somali-American elected to Congress on Thursday defended several tweets she sent in previous years including one where she said she hopes people will see the evil doings of Israel. I dont know how my comments would be offensive to Jewish Americans Omar responded when asked on CNN about a Twitter post from 2012 that was sent during the eight-day conflict between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip. My comments precisely are addressing what was happening during the Gaza war and I am clearly speaking about the way the Israeli regime was conducting itself in that war she added. Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) are the first two Muslim women elected to serve in Congress.