Turning to the serious electoral impact of Omar’s latest remarks, the growing momentum against Israel led by her and Ocasio-Cortez will have serious consequences for the Democratic Party – particularly because of their prominent and vexing national profiles.
After taking majority control of the House in January, Democrats must prove to voters that they can lead the nation forward and deserve to keep control of the House, win control of the Senate and take back the White House in the 2020 elections.
But unfortunately, Omar and Ocasio-Cortez are pushing the Democratic Party to the fringes and taking up arguably the same style of discriminatory rhetoric that they have long argued President Trump uses for political gain.
Democrats must clean house on this inexcusable anti-Semitic rhetoric if they would like to truly unite Americans of all backgrounds and faiths, reject the politics of division, and have any chance of unseating President Trump next year.
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