Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) is an anti-Israel ‘Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS)’ movement supporter. (BDS purports to “work to end international support for Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law,” which is a nice way of saying they are anti-Israel bigots.). Last Tuesday, she worked with the American media to push unsubstantiated smears against Senator Lindsay Graham (R., S.C.) by willfully promoting a conspiracy theory.
Without a shred of evidence, she accused Graham of being “compromised.” Omar first shared a 2015 video of then-presidential candidate Graham criticizing Donald Trump with the tagline: “They got to him, he is compromised.”
They got to him, he is compromised! https://t.co/m8sB3EmElg
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 16, 2019
Since Trump was elected, Graham has worked closely with the President to ensure that his conservative agenda is realized in policies. Note to Democrats: this is what adults do. Even if opposed to someone in the primary races, conservatives can rally together when it’s time to govern.
But Omar’s accusation wasn’t the only one lobbied at Graham. MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle implied Trump has compromising knowledge on South Carolina’s senior senator.
“It could be that Donald Trump or somebody knows something pretty extreme about Lindsey Graham,” Ruhle said on air. “We’re gonna have to leave it there.”
Leave it there? Is that code for “make a jarring accusation against a public official without evidence and leave without explaining oneself?” Because the lack of integrity required to make these accusations is bottom of the barrel even for a politician or an on-screen pundit.
It appears the bottom of the barrel has been removed.
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