NYC Mayor De Blasio may be a progressive liberal, but he broke from his fellow-party members and came out swinging against Jew-ater and blatant anti-Semite Ilhan Omar, Thursday morning.
The Mayor made his remarks at a press conference at City Hall.
The following is a transcript of the remarks – with the video below:
Question: Also on the national scene, Congresswoman Omar’s comments, did you find them to be anti-Semitic?
Mayor: I did. I did. Let me be really clear, suggesting that support for Israel means that you are beholden to a foreign power is absolutely unacceptable. And it’s illogical too. I believe strongly in the state of Israel. I don’t feel beholden one bit to a foreign power. I am a proud American who believes in the state of Israel and believes it must exist. I happen to be Italian-American, I’ve never heard any one suggest that because of my pride in my ancestral homeland, I am beholden to a foreign government. It’s really inappropriate comment and unfortunately it aligns with a history for centuries of that kind of negative comment being thrown at the Jewish community specifically. There’s a long anti-Semitic tradition associated with that kind of comment.
I will remind you, just a quick history lesson, when John F. Kennedy was candidate for president of the United States, the first Catholic actually on the verge of becoming president, there was a rampant discussion in this country whether he would be beholden to the Pope. It was anti-Catholic, it was inappropriate, it was offensive, and our country learned from that episode. We have to learn from this episode. But what I hope is – because Representative Omar that she doesn’t mean to offend – well if she doesn’t mean to offend, she should sit down with Jewish communities and hear the pain that they experience, hear what has been done to them over not just decades, but centuries, and recognize we need fight anti-Semitism with the same energy we fight sexism, racism, or Islamophobia, or anti-LGBT bias. It all goes together. Anything else, last call going, Rich?
[DESPICABLE REMARKS: Rep. Clyburn Spits On Holocaust Survivors In Defense Of Anti-Semite Omar]
Thank you @NYCMayor de Blasio! I know you share our outrage. Our party’s leaders must show zero tolerance for antisemitism, no matter which side of the aisle it’s coming from.
De Blasio slams Ilhan Omar for remarks about Israel https://t.co/64l3xyfkXC via @nypost
Happy to know & see that at the very least, as @TheDemocrats fail to condemn antisemitism in unequivocal terms, @NYCMayor has again come out on the right side of this issue with a clear-cut condemnation of hatred we’re all shocked to see go unchecked! 🙏🏼https://t.co/uA5gt8CckP
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— Kalman Yeger (@KalmanYeger) March 7, 2019
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Good for him
I’m not a fan of Mayor deBlasio in general, but he deserves tremendous kudos for speaking out against Omar- especially when it flies in the face of what so many who are aligned with his side of the political aisle are spouting.