Gaetz may be right insofar as Wilsonian democracy projects go, but he is certainly wrong that Ilhan Omar is “aligned with America First foreign policy” when it comes to her unwavering hatred of Israel and alignment with the “Palestinian” jihad. There is no advantage to America to ally with or aid jihadis who hold to the same ideology as that of the 9/11 hijackers. There is no advantage to America to betray our reliable allies.
“Gaetz on Omar: I’m Just Into Her Foreign Policy,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, January 31, 2023:
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.) says he is undecided on whether he will vote to boot anti-Semitic Democrat Ilhan Omar (Minn.) off the House Foreign Affairs Committee, telling Newsmax that he is a fan of her fierce opposition to “neoconservative” foreign policy and pointing to her questioning of former State Department official Elliott Abrams as a highlight of her good work on the committee.
Gaetz’s comments on Monday night further endanger an effort by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) to see Omar removed from the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee due to her repeated anti-Semitic and anti-Israel comments. Omar said in 2012 that “Israel has hypnotized the world.” In 2019, she took aim at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the country’s most prominent pro-Israel lobby, saying, “It’s all about the Benjamins baby.”
Three other Republicans, Reps. Nancy Mace (S.C.), Victoria Spartz (Ind.), and Ken Buck (Colo.), have already said they will join Democrats in voting to keep Omar on the committee….
“Sometimes there is a view on foreign policy that isn’t ‘invade everywhere, try to turn every foreign land into a Jeffersonian democracy,’ and there are times Ilhan makes those arguments, and they’re arguments that are, at times, aligned with America First foreign policy,” Gaetz said….
“Go watch Ilhan Omar question Elliott Abrams in the Foreign Affairs Committee about some of the neoconservative policies that were very detrimental in South America,” Gaetz enthusiastically told Newsmax….
“The reason I think a lot of Republicans want to kick Ilhan Omar off the Foreign Affairs Committee is because they don’t like what she has to say,” Gaetz said. “It’s one thing to do dangerous things to the country with intelligence, it’s quite another to say I don’t like your viewpoint and thus I want to remove you.”
somehistory says
Well, it appears that he changed his mind, came to his senses, or something, because she was booted.
Furthermore, he should have recalled how she fought for the terrorists from her home country….trying to get them a soft deal when they were committing crimes.; crimes against American citizens.
I would post links to her demands, but would have to be moderated.
And her alignment with turkey, meeting behind closed doors with turkey’s head cheese. https://nypost.com/2020/02/25/ilhan-omars-appalling-collusion-with-turkeys-tyrant/
And her work on behalf of qatar…a ‘rep’ for them. the “latest one for her friends there:
“Ilhan Omar defends Qatar’s slavery while trashing America (again)”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/ilhan-omar-defends-qatars-slavery-while-trashing-america-again
࿗Infidel࿘ says
As well as Turkey, and previously Pakistan (during Imran Khan’s regime)
John ..Smith says
It’s obvious were her true allegiance lies and it’s not with the US.
mg says
Hmmmm…. about 9/11 she said ‘ some people did something’.
Gaetz is too short sighted in this matter of her role on foreign policy committees
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Also, does Gaetz support interfering in the internal affairs of countries like Israel or India? Like Ilhan Omar does?
cardbank16 says
Gaetz has removed all credibilty as far as I’m concerned and I used to rate him. Is marrying your own brother for the purposes of immigration fraud, part of America First?
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Precisely! And has he compared notes w/ her on, say, Immigration? Borders?
GabrielKing210 says
Yep ! SHARIA LAW= “America First”
Thanks Matt !
Andy Anderson says
Perfect comment
Wellington says
OMG! Even Gaetz?
I am deeply chagrined by what has happened to America (and by extension to most all of the West) since the 1960’s. Personally speaking, I will never cease despising this decade because this is when the true rot of the West had its genesis and in large part due to the very success of Western Civilization, which civilization produced affluence and technological leisure in abundance that in turn allowed for this to be taken for granted and thereafter resulted in many fallacious assumptions masquerading as axioms.
It’s civilizational suicide and remains ongoing with little to no relief in sight. And proving as well, yet once again, that man ordinarily is a collective idiot. He occasionally gets things right but, damn, this is far more the exception than the rule.
gravenimage says
Grimly true, Wellington.
Andy Anderson says
What a creepy photo of the two of them! Are all our ‘elected’ ‘Representatives’ corrupt as h*ll?!
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I think this photo was during the recent standoff over Kevin McCarthy. I supported those 5 on that, but Kevin has, so far, turned out to be a tad better than one might have expected
BTeboe says
She hates Jews, she hates White Men even though she is married to one. She hates America. She’s a thief and a liar – all commendable traits for an Islamist. And she just refuses to represent the people in her district. She needs to be deported for immigration crimes.
gravenimage says
Gaetz says that Ilhan Omar is ‘aligned with America First foreign policy’
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How is hating America and her allies and emboldening her enemies “America First”? What a fool.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
He should check w/ Lauren Boebert, who crossed swords w/ Omar I think last year or the year before. Just b’cos they both oppose US intervention in other countries does not mean that they have the same ideology. For instance, America-First people are more happy to leave countries like Israel or India alone and not try to dictate to them how they should treat their minorities. Ilhan and Rashida, otoh, have a globalist attitude towards countries resisting the jihad and even looking like they’re opposed to muslim excesses within their countries.
Another memo to Matt Gaetz: there are more terror supporting countries than Saudi Arabia (which incidentally does less of it now, since they are de-emphasizing the demonization of Jews in their curriculum). Countries like Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan. It’s high time they took up stances against this new jihad, rather than just blindly being opposed to ‘foreign interventions’
libertyORdeath says
This was pretty misleading…he never said she was some America First foreign policy advocate, but rather simply that her foreign policy perspective crosses over with America first in opposing constant interventionist policies.
“Sometimes there is a view on foreign policy that isn’t ‘invade everywhere, try to turn every foreign land into a Jeffersonian democracy,’ and there are times Ilhan makes those arguments, and they’re arguments that are, at times, aligned with America First foreign policy,” Gaetz said….”
We’re winning. Don’t let them turn us against each other now.
libertyORdeath says
We need to convince MORE members of Congress to oppose the “world police” foreign policy of the neocons, globalists, and military industrial complex.
We might not even be having this discussion if not for 7 decades of disastrous warmongering and profiteering. Honestly, when has American intervention (outside of post-WWII Europe) really made things better for us or them?
James Lincoln says
To: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.)
I like most of your political positions – but you’re dead wrong about Omar being an “America First” politician.
John ..Smith says
True James, Ilhan Omar is opposed to everything America stands for.
brenrod says
Am I to believe that Gaetz is so incredibly ignorant and myopic about his “colleague “ or was I incredibly ignorant about Gaetz ?
OLD GUY says
She is on the wrong side of this issue and I certainly wouldn’t trust her with a security clearance.