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Raven123

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31. If Omar has a solution, let's hear it. There are no perfect choices here.

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Ilhan Omar says she'll vote against a bill to ban Russian oil, citing the 'devastating impact [View all] Peacetrain Mar 2022 OP

ugh Skittles Mar 2022 #1

LOL W_HAMILTON Mar 2022 #2

It's not so funny when she's your congresswoman iemanja Mar 2022 #4

Mine, too. Ocelot II Mar 2022 #10

I agree, though iemanja Mar 2022 #13

I was on the fence but decided to give Omar another chance. Ocelot II Mar 2022 #19

If she keeps making dumb moves like these... W_HAMILTON Mar 2022 #15

I just mentioned my Ex Rep, Gabbard here.. Cha Mar 2022 #72

I'm so sorry! Don Samuels is Cha Mar 2022 #71

Thanks for the heads up! iemanja Mar 2022 #84

All I know about Don Samuels is Cha Mar 2022 #85

No joke? And she's wrong, re: the amount it's small compared with Europe's use of Russian oil/gas. elleng Mar 2022 #3

Hmm... Mike Nelson Mar 2022 #5

well put. thank you. stopdiggin Mar 2022 #24

Fucking moron. bottomofthehill Mar 2022 #6

I agree rockfordfile Mar 2022 #74

What? onecaliberal Mar 2022 #7

Sometimes I think she takes a stand for no reason other than to get attention. madaboutharry Mar 2022 #8

Or no good reason empedocles Mar 2022 #51

+3. :) Main reason for sure; she doesn't need national attention to do Hortensis Mar 2022 #97

Narcissism BeerBarrelPolka Mar 2022 #99

She is smarter than this. DURHAM D Mar 2022 #9

Are you sure? NT cinematicdiversions Mar 2022 #54

Took the words right out Cha Mar 2022 #73

I wouldn't count on it. Ocelot II Mar 2022 #55

Apparently not. nt MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #56

IS she? LenaBaby61 Mar 2022 #64

No. betsuni Mar 2022 #94

Doubtable. CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #104

Can you imagine Fox attacking her for what they support? kimbutgar Mar 2022 #11

😂😂😂 LenaBaby61 Mar 2022 #66

I just told her I oppose her position iemanja Mar 2022 #12

Tell me this is a fucking joke. boston bean Mar 2022 #14

I know.!!. I am still stunned.. what the heck?? Peacetrain Mar 2022 #16

I did the same but posted ChazII Mar 2022 #67

Dumb. honest.abe Mar 2022 #17

Maybe she has something to say James48 Mar 2022 #18

I am one of her constituents, and I don't really care what she has to say any more, Ocelot II Mar 2022 #22

Here is her tweet on the subject iemanja Mar 2022 #59

Listened to her this morning on Democracy Now CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #105

Wow!!!! MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #20

Valid point IMO Diablo del sol Mar 2022 #21

Well almost all the sanctions so far have more impact on the average Russian. honest.abe Mar 2022 #23

agreed Diablo del sol Mar 2022 #28

As opposed to the devasting impact on the average Ukrainian? MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #26

See my reply above Diablo del sol Mar 2022 #35

Also questioning sending weapons to Ukraine madville Mar 2022 #25

JFC!!! MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #27

Again - valid point - up to a point Diablo del sol Mar 2022 #46

Sounds like the sort of thing I've seen from Crunchy Frog Mar 2022 #57

She is not a moron or idiot. She thinks of consequences and weighs them. I may not agree Samrob Mar 2022 #88

No, "holding feet to the fire" "constructive criticism" "speaking truth to power" applies to betsuni Mar 2022 #90

Disagree. CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #106

.... MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #111

She's anti- Ukraine. Straight up. JoanofArgh Mar 2022 #98

Talk about misguided. Haggis 4 Breakfast Mar 2022 #29

On the same page with the Republican House intelligentsia? OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2022 #30

If Omar has a solution, let's hear it. There are no perfect choices here. Raven123 Mar 2022 #31

She would have voted against Lincoln's blockade on the South Luizy Mar 2022 #32

+1 dalton99a Mar 2022 #33

Hitler is murdering everyone, but, what about the German people? Oneironaut Mar 2022 #41

Seriously misplaced priorities. Tell Ukraine about "devastating impact". nt Cognitive_Resonance Mar 2022 #34

I'm going to assume for 24 hours that this story in inaccurate. TomSlick Mar 2022 #36

If after 24 hours, it turns out that she does take such a position...than perhaps a primary is in Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #45

Surely, the story is inaccurate and will be promptly denied - right? TomSlick Mar 2022 #49

She has voted against Biden before. I really don't know what she is thinking. Time will tell. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #63

Nope heard her say these things this morning CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #107

No, she posted about it on her twitter account. iemanja Mar 2022 #58

Surely she will reconsider - right? TomSlick Mar 2022 #60

I've never seen her reconsider iemanja Mar 2022 #61

Neither have I. I have also never seen her so fundamentally wrong. TomSlick Mar 2022 #62

You must consider the possibility that she doesn't think she is making an error DFW Mar 2022 #91

+1 betsuni Mar 2022 #92

Indeed. Not an appealing prospect to consider. TomSlick Mar 2022 #113

Not to mention it might hurt Putin's feelings dalton99a Mar 2022 #37

Isn't she one of the ones who want to sanction Israel? nt BlueLucy Mar 2022 #38

lol wut Oneironaut Mar 2022 #39

Ugh! Owl Mar 2022 #40

Omar voted "present" on sanctions against Turkey lapucelle Mar 2022 #42

Exactly, lapucelle. sheshe2 Mar 2022 #68

Voted ""no" on a House resolution to recognize the century-old mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Cha Mar 2022 #75

It seems that the only foreign country she will oppose is Israel Jose Garcia Mar 2022 #109

Sounds like a Rand Paul position somehow. Bristlecone Mar 2022 #43

Very interesting indeed. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #44

She is a civil war survivor from Somalia Deuxcents Mar 2022 #47

I was hoping she would use the final 2 minutes of her 15 more wisely. oasis Mar 2022 #48

Wow MustLoveBeagles Mar 2022 #50

Well, there goes my support for her. Crunchy Frog Mar 2022 #52

fuck jcgoldie Mar 2022 #53

SHUN! KG Mar 2022 #65

Are you suggesting iemanja Mar 2022 #83

Except for children, I have no sympathy for Russians right now. Goodheart Mar 2022 #69

She's trying to make this (as usual) about morals, to be morally righteous. betsuni Mar 2022 #70

Imo.. The most Moral thing to do Cha Mar 2022 #77

Populist purist morals. betsuni Mar 2022 #78

Viva Ukraine! Cha Mar 2022 #79

How about showing some Morality Cha Mar 2022 #81

Oh, that's different. Fundraising. betsuni Mar 2022 #96

I don't find her position moral iemanja Mar 2022 #82

It's Justice Democrats fake morals. betsuni Mar 2022 #93

+1. As fake as the Green Party dalton99a Mar 2022 #108

The Squad JI7 Mar 2022 #86

Exactly. betsuni Mar 2022 #87

WTF Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #76

What a shocker. N/t LiberatedUSA Mar 2022 #80

Stupid stance. She gets no pass from me on this one. Celerity Mar 2022 #89

Utterly BeerBarrelPolka Mar 2022 #95

I suppose this puts the Republican House in a real bind... Hugin Mar 2022 #100

So that was Omar's plan? Absolutely brilliant! oasis Mar 2022 #101

I don't know if it was her plan or if she has any plan... Hugin Mar 2022 #102

As a Minnesotan I am done with her CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #103

Between this and the DSA pro-russia stuff, I'm really wondering what is going on Amishman Mar 2022 #110

Awesome... this will make for great optics. Chakaconcarne Mar 2022 #112