“I don’t understand why some others can say similar, probably things that could be said to be anti-Semitic that are not being held to the same standard.”
Who? Anyway, if they aren’t being held to the same standard, they should be. Meanwhile, Tlaib’s claims about “Islamophobia” growing in the U.S. are part of the large-scale effort right now to shut down all opposition to jihad terror and Sharia oppression, as such opposition is routinely defamed with this label.
“Islamophobia ‘very present on both sides of the aisle,’ Tlaib says,” by Connor O’Brien, Politico, March 17, 2019:
Islamophobia “is still very present on both sides of the aisle” on Capitol Hill, Rep. Rashida Tlaib said Sunday.
In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Tlaib criticized prejudice against Muslims in the wake of a mass shooting at two mosques in New Zealand that killed 50 people.
Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, referenced fellow Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, who she said has “become very much a target,” with both lawmakers receiving death threats.
“I have seen the letters and have seen the various posts from not only Democrats — from Republicans, but also Democrats, that, when we target or disagree, we need to be very careful, in that it’s not feeding into the Islamophobia that is growing in our country,” Tlaib said….
Host Jake Tapper pressed Tlaib on recent comments she made that Islamophobia was prevalent both among Democrats and Republicans.
“This is what I saw, is this double standard,” Tlaib explained.
“I pause and think to myself, is it because she’s a black American and she’s Muslim?” she said.
“And so that’s where I pause and say to myself, is there an issue here? And I guess our mere presence there, the fact that now there’s not only one, but now three Muslim Americans serving in Congress, that our mere presence is going to be able to possibly break down any of these kinds of racialized, you know, opinions, these — this kind of Islamophobia that I do feel like is still very present on both sides of the aisle,” Tlaib said.
“I don’t understand why some others can say similar, probably things that could be said to be anti-Semitic that are not being held to the same standard,” Tlaib added. “That’s what I’m saying.”…