Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) was pictured with anti-Semite and alleged Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer Linda Sarsour on Thursday, Omar’s first official day in Congress.
“These past two years have been difficult. So much heartache, exhaustion, pain, losses, drama, bad policy after bad policy yet today was all worth it. Today was joy. Today was pride. Today was full of laughter and tears,” Sarsour wrote on Facebook with a picture of her standing next to a smiling Omar.
Sarsour’s history of anti-Semitism is well-documented, so much so that her fellow organizers of the Women’s March are trying to give her the boot. In a 2011 tweet, she applauded the Muslim Brotherhood for throwing a great party, calling them the “coolest.” The Saudi media claimed in December that Sarsour has “roots in the Muslim Brotherhood,” The Jewish News Syndicate reported.
The Daily Wire’s Harry Khachatrian pointed out Saturday that Sarsour once claimed that the vagina of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a victim of female genital mutilation, should “be taken away.”
In numerous tweets, Sarsour has attempted to normalize Sharia law, touting the fact that women get “10 weeks of paid maternity leave in Saudi Arabia.”
“And [you’re] worrying about women driving. Puts us to shame,” she added, according to The Daily Wire.
“You’ll know when you’re living under Sharia law if suddenly all your loans and credit cards become interest free. Sounds nice, doesn’t it?” she wrote in another. In 2011, Sarsour claimed that “Sharia law is reasonable and once [you] read into the details it makes a lot of sense.”
Most recently, Sarsour said in an interview with Democracy Now that the “downfall” of the Democratic Party is its members who support Israel. Omar has her own history of anti-Zionist tweets, as The Minnesota Sun previously reported.
“Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel,” Omar wrote in a 2012 tweet.
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13) was also seen taking several pictures with Sarsour, who called Tlaib a “congresswoman of the people.”
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Anthony Gockowski is managing editor of Battleground State News and The Minnesota Sun. Follow Anthony on Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Linda Sarsour and Ilhan Omar” by Linda Sarsour.
The people of Minnesota must be sooo proud.