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Rep. Ilhan Omar's campaign names Jewish donors to her main opponent  

Literature sent out by pro-BDS congresswoman's campaign asks: "Can we Trust Antone Melton-Meaux's Money?"

by  i24NEWS and ILH Staff
Published on  07-26-2020 14:02
Last modified: 07-26-2020 12:56
Rep. Ilhan Omar's campaign names Jewish donors to her main opponent  EPA

Rep. Ilhan Omar | Photo: EPA

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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has once again found herself mired in controversy after her campaign sent out a mailer identifying three Jewish donors who support her Democratic primary opponent, the Jewish Telegraph Agency reported Thursday.

"Can We Trust Antone Melton-Meaux's Money?" the campaign literature, first obtained by Vice News, reads.

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Melton-Meaux, a self-proclaimed pro-Israel Democrat, is one of four candidates challenging Omar in an Aug. 11 primary for Minnesota's 5th Congressional District.

Rabbi Avi Olitzky, a resident of the Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park and a previous defender of Omar, told Vice News he was "beyond dismayed."

"Most disappointing were the presence of tropes that we'd personally discussed as hurtful, as offensive, and that I received a commitment not only would it not happen again but education would take place to learn more as to why it's a problem," said Olitzky, who is the rabbi at Beth El Synagogue in Minneapolis.

Omar has not yet publicly addressed the issue.

Omar is one of only two US lawmakers who have publicly supported the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, along with Palestinian-American Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), drawing accusations of anti-Israel bias.

In 2012, at least six years before running for congress, Omar tweeted that "Israel has hypnotized the world" while doing "evil," comments for which she has since apologized.

"It's now apparent to me that I spent lots of energy putting my 2012 tweet in context and little energy is disavowing the anti-Semitic trope I unknowingly used, which is unfortunate and offensive," Omar later wrote.

Omar is currently leading in the polls by double digits, but Melton-Meaux has so far outraised his opponent by over $2.5 million.

This article was originally published by i24NEWS.

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