Ilhan Omar

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

RT @JillFilipovic: This is a good thread. No one gets it right 100% of the time, and Omar has both made missteps AND had her words cynicall… — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

It is when we build community with one another, when we cut through all the efforts to keep us afraid and angry, that we see our destinies as tied. That’s the work I’ll continue to do, and I hope you’ll join me. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

Building solidarity is a painstaking process—especially in a country and media environment as polarized and contentious ours is now. But we know it is the only path forward. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

As a refugee and survivor of war, I see it is as a core responsibility to fight *all* injustice and engage *all* my colleagues in finding mechanisms of justice for the oppressed. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

That is why I am a Member of the Black-Jewish caucus. That is why I joined forces with Jan Schakowsky on a campaign to root out both Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate and emphasize our shared values. https://t.co/zPVzO8YWFe — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

That is why it is so important for us to build solidarity in the here and now, to make clear that the threats we face can only be solved if we see racism, anti-Muslim hate, and xenophobia as inextricably linked to antisemitism. That is the work we have tried to do in Congress. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

Most of my colleagues across Congress may not be refugees themselves, but fleeing war and persecution only to find a refuge in the United States of America—*is* the Jewish-American experience. This binds us. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

These threats are not a thing of the past. It is not lost on me that today people go shoot up a synagogue because people think orgs like HIAS are helping refugees like me come to this country. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

Today, groups like @theJewishvote, @JREJ, @jewishaction and @JCA_MN in my district are reminding us that the Jewish community have always been on the frontlines of social change, even amidst threats to their safety. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

These values of fighting injustice and inequality are a core part of the faith, much as they are in the Muslim faith. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

Heschel in particular was a deep inspiration to Martin Luther King and a moral leader of the movement. The NAACP was founded not just by WEB Dubois, but Henry Moskowitz, a Jewish immigrant housing organizer and civil rights activists. https://t.co/TLrQdGjrG1 — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

It took a multiracial, multi-religious coalition of freedom fighters, including Jewish leaders like Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Kivie Kaplan, and Arnie Aronson, organizing in solidarity. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

In this moment, we must stand in solidarity because what unites us is so much greater than what unites us. The Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s was not Black people working in isolation. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

I also know that the Black community and the Jewish community have historically stood side-by-side in the fight against injustice and throughout our history we have faced efforts to divide us based on our differences. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

I am someone who has survived war and experienced injustice firsthand, who is alive today because I was welcomed into this country as a refugee. I know that many of my colleagues—both Jewish and non-Jewish—deeply share that commitment to fighting injustice. A brief thread. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

@CygnusA81 I mean the right wingers David tweeted about. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

It’s their mission to turn and twist everything I say until I am completely silenced. Demonizing voices for justice is part of their playbook and it won’t work here. I am grateful to colleagues like you who are my partners in our fight for justice and equality at home and abroad. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

RT @CNNPolitics: Rep. Ilhan Omar says she supports adding a "reality-based" Republican to January 6 committee https://t.co/lwq314MFMd — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

Thank you for your tireless efforts in fighting for Danny and justice around the world. #BringDannyHome — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

RT @OurRevolution: Today, we rallied with Rep. @Ilhan Omar & Rep. @RoKhanna and a coalition of groups including @greenpeaceusa, @foe_us, @S… — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

RT @TheLeadCNN: "I don't think that we will be able to keep the Progressive Caucus together in supporting one legislation while the other o… — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to force me and @RashidaTlaib to retake our oaths of office on the Christian Bible instead of the Quran, she doesn’t believe in religious freedom or the constitution. This is who the GOP wants on the task force overseeing our “freedom to worship”?? — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

RT @ddale8: Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who describes himself as a “big history buff,” has, in public remarks over the last 10 months, gotten hi… — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

RT @MairavZ: The Evyatar settler outpost in Beita is a good example of how Israel forged a whole system to serve occupation, distinguishin… — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

RT @TVietor08: I expect we'll hear more and more pushback from Democrats who are (rightly) worried about the ongoing use of Article II auth… — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

The racial disparities in our city should make all of us ashamed. We have the capacity to fix this. Let’s start by passing my Homes For All bill and make a serious commitment to end racial disparities in MN and around the country. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

🗣🗣No reconciliation bill, no deal. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

RT @mehdirhasan: Canada was the one place in the West where Muslims were supposed to be relatively ok. That hasn’t been the case for a whil… — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

As we speak, there is a blistering heat wave demolishing records in the Pacific Northwest. Canada set a record of almost 116 degrees. Making sure our planet is habitable for human life *is* infrastructure. We need a bold package that tackles the climate crisis. — PolitiTweet.org

Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN

This constant cycle of violence and retribution is a failed policy and will not make any of us safer. Congress has authority over War Powers and should be consulted before any escalation. — PolitiTweet.org