Alwaght- Republican Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended Democrat Congresswoman Ilhan Omar who said a "political influence" in the US" says it is okay for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country," referring to the Israeli regime.
Omar, 37, has been catching a lot of flak recently for suggesting that US politicians are being forced to “pledge allegiance” to Israeli regime, among other things.
Omar, in response to a tweet from New York Congresswoman Nita Lowey — who said she was “saddened that Rep. Omar continues to mischaracterize support for Israel"— replied "I should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country in Congress or serve on committee”.
Amid fierce criticisms from pro-Tel Aviv American politicians, the New York lawmaker Ocasio-Cortez defended Omar, saying: “I‘m curious if Rep. Vargas will further explain his stance here that it’s unacceptable to even *question* US foreign policy".
"Plenty of Dem members have asserted that discussion + debate on this issue is fair and merited,” Ocasio-Cortez added. “Is this stance a departure from that?"
Referring to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Ocasio-Cortez also said: “I remember a time when it was ‘unacceptable’ to question the Iraq War. All of Congress was wrong, including both GOP & Dem Party, and led my generation into a disastrous + wrong war that virtually all would come to regret, except for the one member who stood up: Barbara Lee".
Fixing her mistake, the congresswoman said: “Afghanistan War* my apologies (But honestly we shouldn’t have been in either, and we should end the AUMF now while we’re at it)."
Ocasio-Cortez, 29, has come to Omar’s defense several times over the past few weeks — blasting President Trump in the process after he called for the freshman congresswoman’s resignation.
"Unlike this President, Rep. @IlhanMN demonstrated a capacity to acknowledge pain & apologize, use the opportunity to learn abt history of antisemitism,+grow from it while clarifying her stance,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
