{"id":32354,"date":"2024-03-16T20:49:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T03:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=32354"},"modified":"2024-03-16T20:49:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T03:49:51","slug":"progressives-condemn-on-air-cnn-pundits-disgusting-racism-against-ilhan-omar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/03\/16\/progressives-condemn-on-air-cnn-pundits-disgusting-racism-against-ilhan-omar\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressives Condemn On-Air CNN Pundit’s ‘Disgusting Racism’ Against Ilhan Omar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A video screengrab shows conservative CNN pundit Scott Jennings during an appearance on August 28, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: CNN\/YouTube)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One progressive lawmaker described CNN<\/em> contributor Scott Jennings’ comments as “reminiscent of the anti-Muslim bigotry we saw in the George Bush post-9\/11 era.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JAKE JOHNSON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mar 14, 2024 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Progressive lawmakers, advocacy groups, and commentators rushed to the defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar<\/a> on Wednesday after a CNN<\/em> pundit called her a “public relations agent for Hamas” during a primetime segment earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott Jennings, a conservative who has contributed to CNN<\/em> since 2017 and also writes for the Los Angeles Times<\/em>, made the remark in response to an interview in which Omar (D-Minn.) questioned<\/a> whether Israel and the Biden administration are doing everything in their power to achieve a negotiated end to the war on Gaza<\/a>, which is now in its sixth month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omar pointed to reports<\/a> that Israel declined to send negotiators to Egypt after receiving a proposal from Hamas that it deemed unacceptable. The Minnesota Democrat also accused Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, of “not sharing the full picture” when he provided an update<\/a> on the status of cease-fire talks earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You can certainly have certain demands that you want, and we obviously want the hostages released to return to their families or American hostages that are included. There is an infant that is included in those hostages,” said Omar. “And so it is important that we do everything that we can, but we can’t be dishonest to the point where we are saying that everybody is doing everything that they can to be at the table to negotiate a cease-fire that can lead to a permanent solution.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennings said during Tuesday’s segment that he is “surprised that in a year of our Lord 2024, there is a public relations agent for Hamas sitting in United States Congress.” Jennings added that he didn’t “hear a word” of concern about the hostages still being held by militants in Gaza\u2014even though Omar explicitly said she supports their release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omar, who has received death threats<\/a> for criticizing Israel’s war on Gaza, has said<\/a> repeatedly<\/a> that she wants the release of all hostages and condemned<\/a> the October 7 Hamas-led attack as “horrific” and “senseless violence.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CNN pundit calls Democratic Rep. @IlhanMN<\/a> a \u201cpublic relations agent for Hamas\u201d with no push back.

Islamophobia is not only normalized in American politics, it\u2019s rewarded. pic.twitter.com\/aoe8qIIhNf<\/a><\/p>— Jeremy Slevin (@jeremyslevin) March 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>