Omar Says People Don’t Like Her Opinion On Venezuela And Climate Change Because Of Racism

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Earlier in the week, Rep. Ilhan Omar attempted to blame the United States for the continuing chaos in Venezuela.

“A lot of the policies that we have put in place has [sic] kind of helped lead [to] the devastation in Venezuela,” Omar told Democracy Now! “And we’ve sort of set the stage for where we’re arriving today.”

“This particular bullying and the use of sanctions to eventually intervene and make regime change really does not help the people of countries like Venezuela, and it certainly does not help and is not in the interest of the United States,” she continued.

WOW: @IlhanMN says the U.S. has "helped lead the devastation in #Venezuela," and accuses the U.S. on "bullying" the Maduro regime.

Apparently Maduro's starvation of his people and armored trucks running them over in the streets is not worthy of criticism in her eyes. pic.twitter.com/leTcRHWDVd

— John Cooper (@thejcoop) May 1, 2019

Nikki Haley issued a strong response.

.@IlhanMN the avg Venezuelan adult has lost 24 lbs. Babies have no medicine. Families have to walk miles in the heat to get the only meal they may have that day. All bc of the corrupt Maduro regime. Your comments are so far from the truth. Cuba and Russia appreciate your support. https://t.co/o1ADtlwrtN

— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) May 1, 2019

What we failed to consider, I suppose, is that Haley and other critics are OBVIOUSLY only criticizing Omar because they’re all racist…or something.

Yeah. That’s essentially what Omar’s going with now. Everyone who’s criticizing her is racist.

Women of color have heard this before. Instead of "we disagree," it's "she doesn't know what she's talking about." They have to make us feel small.

This from an Administration that thinks climate change is a Chinese hoax. https://t.co/8ZaHfY4hfH

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) May 3, 2019

Wow. She’s certainly on to the conservative movement, isn’t she? We just have this incredibly bizarre innate desire to tell women of color that they’re wrong. We tell people like Omar that they’re wrong– not because they are ACTUALLY WRONG. Nope. We do it just to make them feel small.

Nailed it.

h/t Twitchy