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Oh my God, make it stop. Or at least Nancy, make it stop. Here is latest tweet, after being heavily criticized about the way she characterized 9/11:

“The people — and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon!” President George W. Bush

Was Bush downplaying the terrorist attack?

What if he was a Muslim? [/quote]

What is wrong with that tweet? Omar was not downplaying 9/11, but her critics are downplaying the increased Islamophobia that grew out of 9/11.  Why aren't Republicans supporting aid to the 9/11 responders who are suffering tragic health consequences? If you are really concerned with 9/11, you should be attacking Republicans instead of Omar (who is a co-sponsor of the bill).
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[b]Americans don't like to hear 9/11 characterized as "some people did something." [/b] Was she afraid to offend her Muslim audience? No one needed her to call it "the deadliest terror act in the history of the world." She could have just said "9/11."

President Bush made this statement days after World Trade Center was reduced to rubble. We didn't yet know who was responsible. You don't see a false equivalency?

Omar is 1 of the 142 out of 435 members in the House who are co-sponsors of the bill, though one does not need to be a co-sponsor of the bill to support it. I don't know why there are so many Democrats and Republicans who not co-sponsoring, but [b]it leads me to wonder what is in it that is giving a third of them pause.[/b] Jon Stewart, who hates Trump, praised the Trump administration last month for how it was handling the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.

Omar has called for the complete defunding of the Department of Homeland Security, which was created to protect the United States after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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You are not the spokesperson for Americans and your suggestion that Omar is not American is exactly the sort of Islamophobia she was speaking about. How telling that Omar has shown more support for 9/11 victims than most members of Congress, but instead of praising her for it, you suggest it is actually a suspicious action. If Jon Stewart's stamp of approval for you is so important, he was at the unveiling of the bill that Omar is co-sponsoring:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/232414/bipartisan-legislation-unveiled-for-9-11-victim-compensation-fund-act-authorization/

Maybe you should direct some of you attention to Dan Crenshaw who couldn't even find the time to meet with a NYFD firefighter to discuss the bill?

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-texas-republican-ilhan-omar-fdny-firefighter-attack-20190411-qs7sbccinbd4zhirps2d7g6wpm-story.html
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Where did I suggest that she is not an American? Where did I express suspicion? Are you perhaps replying to the wrong comment?[/quote]

See the bolded above. That's where you suggested both of those things. Maybe you didn't read your own post?
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If a speaker addressed a room of women as "gals," and I said, "Women don't like to be called 'gals,' would I be suggesting the speaker was not a woman herself?

Re: the bill. I'm not saying there's something suspicious about her support of it. Rather, I do not know everything in the bill and sometimes, extra things are added into a bill that change what would seem to be a no brainer into a bill that a member cannot sign onto. This may apply here since the 9/11 victims fund seems to be something every Congressperson would want to cosponsor, yet 2/3, both Democrats and Republicans, are not. 
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Why would you choose to tell a woman how a group of women like to be addressed?  Moreover, there is a whole room full of women fully capable of speaking for themselves. Did they ask you to speak for them?

Omar is an American who was in fact speaking to a room full of Americans. If those Americans didn't like her words, they could have let her know. There are plenty of Americans who fully agree with her. None of us asked you to speak for us.

Given that you have plenty of time to criticize Ilhan Omar who has co-sponsored a bill supported by both Democrats and Republicans, maybe you could spend a few minutes researching the bill. Then, perhaps, you will find it within you to praise Omar and criticize Crenshaw. Otherwise we might get the idea that you are not really that concerned about 9/11 beyond using it to club your political enemies.

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This is like sticking needles in my eyes, yet here I go. I did not say I would stand up in front of the room and call out the speaker and speak on behalf of all women in the room. I was telling you that by saying "Americans don't like..." I was not saying she is not an American since I believe that's how you understood it. Honest to God, I do not know how you perceived that to be Islamophobic.

Following your logic - "The speaker is a woman herself and, presumably, has some insight into how women like to be addressed" - then as an American, Omar presumably has some insight into how Americans feel about 9/11 and she should understand how insensitively her words may be perceived.

Since you seem to be very up on this bill, perhaps you could just share that information with us. Tell us why the majority are not on board at this point. I can guarantee you, though, that I won't criticize Crenshaw for not doing enough to fight terrorism of any kind.

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