Marjorie Taylor Greene says Boebert shouldn’t have apologized. Greene is right. Apologizing validates the fictional victimhood construct and rewards Omar’s efforts at intimidation. Boebert should have said “Learn to take a joke” and not addressed the matter further. Meanwhile, Barbara Comstock is demonstrating that she completely buys into the Left’s identity politics game: Ilhan Omar, as a quadruple victim, a black Muslim migrant woman, is sacrosanct and cannot be mocked. It is unwise to play along with this, as in reality, being a black Muslim migrant woman doesn’t confer wisdom any more than being a white Christian native-born man does. The Left’s exaltation of identity politics is a war against the idea of equality of rights for all, and free people should not countenance it. If Ilhan Omar cannot be made fun of because of her victim status, she has an immunity from criticism that is dangerous to give to any elected official.
“Former GOP Congresswoman Urges Voters to Oust Boebert, Greene: ‘Take Out the Trash,'” by Jason Lemon, Newsweek, November 28, 2021:
Former Republican Congresswoman Barbara Comstock of Virginia urged voters to support primary challengers to GOP Congresswomen Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, saying “take out the trash.”
Comstock, who served in the House from 2015 to 2019, made the remarks after Boebert drew significant backlash after a video of her suggesting Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota—who is Muslim—was a suicide bomber went viral online. The Islamophobic remarks drew swift condemnation from Democrats and some Republicans, leading Boebert to issue an apology to the Muslim community.
Despite Boebert’s apology, Greene doubled down on using the term “Jihad Squad” to describe Omar and several other progressive Democrats in a Saturday tweet. Both far-right GOP congresswomen have drawn substantial controversy since being elected last year.
“When you have this kind of just unconscionable attack—and it’s not just that she [Boebert] needs to apologize to the congresswoman who she attacked, she needs to apologize to the American people,” Comstock told CNN. “She needs to apologize to the Republican Party and a lot of other people. It goes way beyond that.”…
“You can have a conservative Republican woman without having a crazy, you know, very unpleasant, you know, nasty, you know, unconscionable congressperson who, by the way, neither of these women are getting anything done in Congress for their constituents,” she said. “Zippo, nothing.”
Newsweek reached out to Boebert’s and Greene’s spokespeople for comment but did not immediately receive responses.
Following the backlash, Boebert on Friday tweeted an apology to the Muslim community.
“I apologize to anyone in the Muslim community I offended with my comment about Rep. Omar. I have reached out to her office to speak with her directly. There are plenty of policy differences to focus on without this unnecessary distraction,” the Colorado Republican said.
Greene, however, posted a Saturday tweet suggesting she disagreed with the apology.
“Democrats want us censored, shut down, and imprisoned. Never apologize to Islamic terrorist sympathizers, communists, or those who fund murder with our tax dollars,” the Georgia Republican wrote on Twitter.
“@IlhanMN and the Jihad Squad are all three and are undeserving of an apology,” she added….
BexarKat says
Hoe quick was Mizz Comstock on the draw when Omar insulted America’s Jews and Christian friends of Israel? I’ll bet not that quick at all.
Wellington says
Yeah, most still don’t get it. And here is what a “multitude” still don’t get: That anyone who adheres to a malevolent ideology or organization, whether it be Neo-Nazism, Marxism, Islam, anarchy, BLM, the KKK, Aryan Nation, et al. deserve no respect; indeed they should be excoriated for adhering to such evil ideology or organization, and with regularity. Mocked incessantly too.
After all, if freedom is to survive, the denigration of evil, the mocking of iniquity, giving no quarter to such, is paramount in the preservation of liberty. One knows this or should know it. Alas, so many still do not and to this precise extent of ignorance (and timidity), malevolence still has the advantage over the quest by mankind to establish free societies with the concomitant necessity of not taking advantage of freedom by way of a lack of common sense, moral intelligence and self-restraint.
The Age of Nonsense marches on. You bet it does.
Dhimmi says
A black muslim immigrant is untouchable for 3 reasons: 1. Black 2. Muslim 3. Immigrant
somehistory says
This American person doesn’t want Boebert to apologize. This “people” thinks Boebert should say more about what islam is all about, pointing out that i. elmi is not a good fit for the seat she holds and for which she gets paid.
This “people” as George Jones sang, thinks this former ‘rep’ who doesn’t speak for me, should just go quietly into the night.
What this American “people” wants is for those who are too stupid, too blind, to wimpy, to call out i. elmi, alias i. omar, r. tlaib, and any others, to learn, to stop wearing the blinkers, and grow a spine so they can see, hear, and speak the Truth.
mike says
don’t need to say I’m sorry to me the real issue is that it’s the truth why do we have to say sorry for the truth
NOT ME
David Longfellow says
“Boebert needs to apologize to the American people for making fun of Ilhan Omar”
True that. Boebert didn’t make enough fun of Omar.
tgusa says
“take out the trash”
I already did. That is exactly what I was thinking when I decided to leave the republican party. When barb goes to the mall every manager there takes their lunch break. Stay in your own lane barb. Don’t you have some historical statues to tear down in your home state of Virginia?
Infidel says
Thankfully, she lost in 2018 and has been a relic ever since. Boebert and MTG both need to ignore her
And I agree w/ MTG: Boebert shouldn’t have apologized
Infidel says
I forgot to add: Northern Virginia voters already did when they tossed Compost
tgusa says
She’s just another one of those republican, fly in the ointment, types.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
Here’s an apology. A thief, an antisemite, and an illegal alien walk into a bar and the bartender (not AOC) says, “Oh hi Ilhan.”
OLD GUY says
WOW I like a good joke, thats a good one. As they say if the shoe fits Ilan’s the princess of anti-Americanism.
Infidel says
A thief, an antisemite, an illegal alien and a sl*t walk into a bar and the bartender (not AOC) says, “Oh hi Ilhan.”
Garrett Driscoll says
F.U. A**hole !