Andrea Mitchell Makes Excuses For Rep. Omar's Latest Anti-Semitism #GreatAwakening
After two days of radio silence, MSNBC's Morning Joe finally got around to discussing Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's latest anti-Semitic comments.
Previous anti-Semitic comments by Omar led to the morning show spending most of their time condemning Republicans for supposed hypocrisy. On Wednesday, Andrea Mitchell tried to appear as if she was condemning Omar but ended up making excuses for her and also deflecting to the misdeeds of others.
After noting the Democratic resolution condemning anti-Semitism was delayed and would now include condemnation of all forms of hate, co-host Mika Brzezinski noted that this was not Omar's first offense, asking Mitchell, "What happened here?"
Mitchell responded by saying, "Well, she believes this," which should have been the end of it. Despite the fact that Omar has now rolled off what Mary Katharine Ham on CNN referred to as the "anti-Semitic trope trifecta" of hypnotism, money and influence, and now duel loyality, Mitchell then offered multiple excuses for Omar's behavior.
Omar and other progressive freshman just do not "fully understand all the dynamics" at work, the journalist argued. Mitchell added that Omar might not understand "the dynamics" of Congress or she may simply may not care. Either one is not exactly a rousing defense of her comments, especially if "dynamics" means not accusing Americans of owing allegiance to a foreign country. What is certain is that she has now engaged in anti-Semitism even after her supposedly sincere apology and promise to learn from her money and influence comments. Yet, Mitchell, others from the media, and Democratic politicians defend her by showcasing her political inexperience, trying to rewrite history by saying she was merely criticizing Israeli policy, or making her a victim.
Noting that the resolution condemning anti-Semitism in the House-- that did not even name Omar-- would also include condemnations of Islamophobia, Mitchell deflected, "She herself has been the subject of racist protests," including some posters in the West Virginia state capital that Omar "was somehow linked to 9/11 because she's a Muslim."
Mitchell then launched to Morning Joe's new favorite tradition of using Omar's anti-Semitism to bash President Trump, "Look, this comes after Pittsburgh, after growing anti-Semitism... This has been a terrible period with the rise of anti-Semitism since Charlottesville, really, and you see a lack of leadership in the White House speaking out against all of this."
Here is a transcript for the March 6 show:
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