The Hawaii Democrat suggested Ilhan Omar was alluding to a “deeper issue related to our foreign policy.'
Answering questions Sunday evening at a CNN town hall in Austin, Texas, presidential candidate and Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard declined to condemn her fellow Democrat Ilhan Omar, who’s been accused of making anti-Semitic tropes since joining Congress.
Gabbard voted for the resolution. However, Sunday evening she declined to label Omar's comments as anti-Semitic tropes, differing from many of her Democratic colleagues, who believed them to be an “age-old trope and stereotype” to dual loyalties. The Hawaii Democrat suggested Omar was alluding to a “deeper issue related to our foreign policy," and admitted that, as a Hindu, she herself has been on the receiving end of comments laced with bigotry and Hinduphobia.
But Gabbard, as did many other congressional Democrats over the past week, held the notion that Omar's intent was likely not"to cause any offense to people."
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