Over the course of 2019, newly elected Rep. Ilhan Omar has made headlines for various controversial statements. Many of Omar’s statements attracted bipartisan criticism and were subsequently branded as anti-Semitic and anti-American.
However, this has not halted Omar from publically articulating her viewpoints. The congresswoman is currently facing backlash after her remarks about the United States and Venezuela.
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Earlier this week, Omar sat down with the progressive TV program Democracy Now! During her time on air, the congresswoman vocalized her outlook on the crisis in Venezuela and America’s subsequent involvement.
In Omar’s own words:
“A lot of the policies that we have put in place has kind of helped lead the devastation in Venezuela and we have sort of set the stage for where we are arriving today. This particular bullying and the use of sanctions to eventually intervene and make regime change really does not help the people of countries like Venezuela; it certainly does not help and is not in the interest of the United States.”
