Ilhan Omar Gets REKT Over Promoting Slander of Anti-Iranian Regime Journalist

It’s not unusual for Ilhan Omar to say or tweet things with questionable undertones, ranging from lightly anti-Semitic to hinting at terrorist sympathy.

At first blush, her latest tweet seems harmless by comparison to other Omar classics (“some people did something,” anyone?):

🤔 https://t.co/BCdcIUEQMi

— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) January 7, 2020

But then the whole picture unfolded.

Yes, that’s the Masih Alinejad who’s made a career out of fighting for human rights in Iran. You know, this one:

This piece is a defamatory hit job against @AlinejadMasih, a journalist who is already facing death and rape threats and whose brother has been taken hostage by the IRI to silence her. Why is a member of U.S. Congress — a female member at that — endorsing it?

— Nazanin Boniadi (@NazaninBoniadi) January 7, 2020

Plenty of people came to Alinejad’s defense, including actress Nazanin Boniadi, above, and editor Maryam Nayeb Yazdi, but the best response came from Alinejad herself. It’s ten tweets of pure, unadulterated smack down. Buckle up.

2-Ilhan Omar, when my innocent brother was recently taken hostage by the regime, solely due to my advocacy of civil rights for Iran, I reached out to you, expecting solidarity from you. However, you were silent. You gave no reaction.

— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 10, 2020

4-When my 70-year-old mother was interrogated for my activities by the Revolutionary Guards, I asked for your help, but you were silent yet again.

You're silent even now as 176 people have been killed onboard a Ukraine Airlines plane under suspicious circumstances in Iran.

— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 10, 2020

6- As a journalist, I am an independent contractor for a number of media outlets, including the Persian-language service of Voice of America, which was created to counter the propaganda of authoritarian adversaries like the Soviet Union.

— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 10, 2020

8-Those of us who hail from countries ruled by tyrants are capable of denouncing both the cruel policies of Trump & dictators in our native lands. I've openly condemned Trump’s travel ban—which separated me from my son in the UK—and his threats of attacking cultural sites in Iran

— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 10, 2020

10-Yet, when I divulge the repression of the Islamic Republic, attacks against me proliferate by the regime & their supporters in the West. I'd have never imagined that one day a member of Congress, a fellow woman of colour, would join with my oppressors in trying to defame me

— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 10, 2020

Mic. Drop.

The Ilhan Omars are easier to take when we’re reminded of the Masih Alinejads of the world.