Ilhan Omar Claims Her Obama Comments Were Distorted, but Newly Released Evidence Reveals the Truth
By The Blaze. In an interview with Politico Magazine, Omar harshly criticized former President Barack Obama for policies that dominated his administration, which Omar and other progressive lawmakers believe contributed to the current political climate.
“We can’t be only upset with Trump,” Omar told Politico. “His policies are bad, but many of the people who came before him also had really bad policies. They just were more polished than he was. And that’s not what we should be looking for anymore. We don’t want anybody to get away with murder because they are polished. We want to recognize the actual policies that are behind the pretty face and the smile.” . . .
“Exhibit A of how reporters distort words. I’m an Obama fan! I was saying how Trump is different from Obama, and why we should focus on policy not politics. This is why I always tape my interviews,” Omar tweeted, including audio from the interview. . .
However, there is one problem for Omar. As many of the left and right noted, the audio Omar released only corroborated Politico’s reporting.
Exhibit A of how politicians use the media as a straw man to avoid owning what they said.
Your tape…supports what I wrote 100%. So does my longer tape. It's beyond dispute.
Next time, a phone call from your office before the Twitter ambush would be appreciated. https://t.co/eb2grgn5Cd
— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) March 8, 2019
If one of my reporters filed that story and then I heard @Ilhan's tape, I would say they … had quite accurately described and contextualized her position. https://t.co/KhHPxbWlxc
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 8, 2019
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Ilhan Omar Claims Her Obama Comments Were Distorted, Then Posts Audio Confirming Controversial Remarks
By Fox News. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s attempt to shame a news outlet for misquoting her blistering attack on former President Barack Obama backfired after she released audio of the interview that only served to confirm her remarks.
The Minnesota Democrat, who’s faced controversy over comments perceived as anti-Semitic, got into hot water yet again after saying Obama’s “hope and change” message was a “mirage” and slammed the administration’s drone and border-detention policies. . .
But the move immediately backfired as the recording actually confirmed the comments she made to the news outlet. By Saturday afternoon, she had deleted the tweet.
“I think for many of us, we think of ourselves as Democrats. But many of the ways that our Democratic leaders have conducted themselves within the system is not one that we are all proud of,” she said in the recording.
“You know, I will talk about the family separation or caging of kids and then people will point out that this was wrong – I mean this was Obama. And you know I’ll say something about the droning of countries around the world and people will say that was Obama. And all of that is very true. What is happening now is very different. A lot is happening with secrecy. It’s happening with the feel-good polished way of talking about it. (Read more from “Ilhan Omar Claims Her Obama Comments Were Distorted, Then Posts Audio Confirming Controversial Remarks” HERE)
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