Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said policy differences toward Israel between her and President Biden won’t stop her from supporting him in the November general election.

“Of course,” Omar said Tuesday, when asked by CNN’s Abby Phillip on “NewsNight” whether she would vote for Biden if the election were held that day, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. “Democracy is on the line, we are facing down fascism.”

“And I personally know what my life felt like having Trump as the president of this country, and I know what it felt like for my constituents, and for people around this country and around the world,” Omar continued. “We have to do everything that we can to make sure that does not happen to our country again.”

  • @[email protected]
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    09 months ago

    It’s not clear at all that a smaller number of votes are at risk. And the whole idea that whether Biden supports genocide should the result of a political calculus is abhorrent.

    • @Cryophilia
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      19 months ago

      That’s life, if you can’t handle it go get therapy or something. “Stop all bad things” is not always an option, you have to pick the least bad sometimes.

      • @[email protected]
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        -19 months ago

        No matter how many mental gymnastics you do, you are still voting for genocide if you vote for Joe Biden.

        • @Cryophilia
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          29 months ago

          You’re voting for genocide no matter what. You’re just voting to genocide harder if you do anything other than vote for Biden.

          • Sybil
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            -19 months ago

            voting for Jill Stein or Cornel West or de la Cruz are votes against genocide

            • @Cryophilia
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              29 months ago

              Nah, that’s splitting the Biden vote. Which is helping Trump. Which is a vote in favor of even more genocide.

              • Sybil
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                09 months ago

                only a vote for trump is a vote for trump. a vote for any other candidate is a vote against trump

                • @Cryophilia
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                  29 months ago

                  Not in a winner take all system. That’s not how voting works in the US.

                  • Sybil
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                    -19 months ago

                    this is just misinformation. this is exactly how voting works in the us.