Rep. Omar Ignores CNN Question About BDS Support

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) didn’t answer a question from CNN reporter Manu Raju on why she supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

In the Feb. 5 segment, Omar told Raju that United States allies like Israel “are living out the same values that we push for.”

Raju follows up by asking her, “Why do you support BDS?” twice. Omar walks away.

Anti-Semitic Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) runs from CNN when they ask her why she supports anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaigns against Israel. pic.twitter.com/ovCNA6OxKG

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) February 5, 2019

Earlier in the day, Omar was asked at a Center for American Progress event about what she’s learned about anti-Semitism. Omar paused for a few seconds before saying, “A lot of the conversation often times is one that refuses really to separate, I think, discussions around the country and its policies and one that is hatred for the people and their faith.

Omar added that she’s “at a breaking point” on having a dialogue about “fighting against discrimination collectively while still having the freedom to debate foreign policy” and holding the United States’ allies “accountable.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar responds to a question about anti-semitism… pic.twitter.com/di1wa2X22v

— Henry Rodgers (@henryrodgersdc) February 5, 2019

Omar came out in support of the BDS movement in November, after she had said during the campaign that BDS wasn’t “helpful” in achieving peace.