An Indiana congressman who served in Afghanistan as a member of the Navy Reserve spoke out on behalf of America’s military veterans Wednesday after U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., claimed she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.
U.S. Rep. Jim Banks, a Republican, said Omar’s comments were a “disgrace,” calling the remarks “offensive to our nation’s veterans who really do have PTSD after putting their life on the line to keep America safe.”
Omar had made her remarks during a news conference with other Democrats on Wednesday, at which she said she “felt ill” because of “everything that is taking place” in the Middle East — a reference to the recent U.S. tensions between the U.S. and Iran, including last week’s U.S. airstrike in Baghdad and Iran’s missile attacks early Wednesday against airbases in Iraq where U.S. service members are stationed.
“And I think every time I hear about … I hear of conversations around war, I find myself being stricken with PTSD,” she said. “And I find peace knowing that I serve with great advocates for peace and people who have shown courage against war.”
Rep. Ilhan Omar complained she’s “stricken with PTSD” because of recent events in the Middle East.
This is a disgrace and offensive to our nation’s veterans who really do have PTSD after putting their life on the line to keep America safe. pic.twitter.com/twhZDuUDu0
— Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) January 8, 2020
After Banks took issue with her comments, Omar posted a reply on Twitter, making reference to her youth in war-torn Somalia. Omar left her homeland with her family near the start of the Somali Civil War in 1991 and spent four years at a Kenyan refugee camp before immigrating to the U.S. in 1995.
“Hi Jim, I survived war as a child and deal with post-traumatic stress disorder—much like many who have served or lived through war,” she wrote in the tweet, which was addressed to Banks but not tagged. “It’s shameful that you as a member of Congress would erase the PTSD of survivors.”
Rep. Ilhan Omar complained she’s “stricken with PTSD” because of recent events in the Middle East.
This is a disgrace and offensive to our nation’s veterans who really do have PTSD after putting their life on the line to keep America safe. pic.twitter.com/twhZDuUDu0
— Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) January 8, 2020
But Banks doubled down on his comments later Wednesday evening, posting a video that showed Omar and other Democrats giggling in the background as their colleague, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, spoke to reporters about the more than 4,000 U.S. service members killed in Iraq over the years.
“Your words and actions at today’s press conference reveal your feelings toward our soldiers serving abroad and the video speaks for itself,” Banks wrote, including a video of the news conference shared by Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga.
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You can’t get “stricken” with PTSD. PTSD has to have duration of disturbances for more than one month.
Ilhan Omar is a disgrace for every American whomever they are___Ilhan Omar doesn’t represent America at all and is a disgrace to even find her on the podium of such a great country
She is a sick witch & a disgrace to the human race.
Oh boo hoo! If you can’t handle the job, then just quit. Trust me when I say nobody will miss you
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James Polite, who was charged with hate crimes and arson after he allegedly set fire to seven Jewish sites and vandalized a synagogue, was released from jail without bail Tuesday, according to court records.
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Ilhan Omar (yh) and her ilk represent what is wrong with US immigration policy. Even a legal immigration puts American future in danger when group of people from hostiles cultures settle in America by forming single ethnic blocks in congregational districts and elect their “representatives” that are 100% anti-American to Congress. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Talib are perfect examples.
Omar makes up her life stories as she goes along. She thought up this “PTSD” bobbe-maiseh in March 2019, for a New Yorker interview.
The one consistent element in her constantly-changing self-image is that she has never once expressed any gratitude to the USA for taking her and her family in as refugees, and providing her with everything she needs.
Oh the poor thing. Jewish Americans are shot and stabbed and she’s fine. Now some stinky terrorist with hands loaded in blood is blown to smithereens and she nebach has PTSD… What a pity. SEND HER BACK
Note to Chukie, Nadler and psycho Schiff.
Please raise donations for a real therapy if Ilhan Omar.
Your Anti American, Jew hating friend.
Is that how you’re going to refer to Ilhan Omar whenever you report on her?
It seems that in Jim Banks’s mind, PTSD and US veterans are intrinsically linked, which is pretty darn ignorant.