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kentuck

(115,374 posts)
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 11:59 AM Jan 12

One of the reporters on MSNBC (MSNOW) asked Ilhan Omar a question and appeared puzzled...

....when she did not respond the way she wanted?

She asked her if she would denounce violence against ICE officials. Rep Omar said she denounced violence against everyone. That did not seem enough for the reporter, whose name I now forget. (Her husband, very young, was killed in Afghanistan or Iraq)

But, it seemed to be skirting the issue. The violence is being instigated and perpetrated by ICE officials. It is they that are imposing on the freedoms of the rest of us under some "law enforcement" charade. Let's start with the truth before we start asking these types of questions.

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One of the reporters on MSNBC (MSNOW) asked Ilhan Omar a question and appeared puzzled... (Original Post) kentuck Jan 12 OP
Margaret Brennan obamanut2012 Jan 12 #1
Isn't Brennan with CBS? hedda_foil Jan 12 #3
Elise Jordan. kentuck Jan 12 #4
Doesn't she play a Democrat on tv? mobeau69 Jan 12 #5
Yes. That is why the tone of her question was a little surprising... kentuck Jan 12 #6
She is a never-Trumper Republican who consulted on Rand Paul's 2016 Presidential campaign hlthe2b Jan 12 #7
She often proclaims she's a libertarian... Chemical Bill Jan 13 #8
Right? Don't want people hurling insults at you everywhere you? Maybe its time to reconsider your career choice sboatcar Jan 12 #2
Post removed Post removed Jan 13 #9

kentuck

(115,374 posts)
6. Yes. That is why the tone of her question was a little surprising...
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 12:14 PM
Jan 12

....as if to say, if we don't ask any questions and just let them run roughshod over our rights, then we can escape being shot in the face.

hlthe2b

(113,691 posts)
7. She is a never-Trumper Republican who consulted on Rand Paul's 2016 Presidential campaign
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 12:47 PM
Jan 12

She is remarried, but her first reporter husband died in a car wreck in 2013.

She is originally from Mississippi.

sboatcar

(831 posts)
2. Right? Don't want people hurling insults at you everywhere you? Maybe its time to reconsider your career choice
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 12:04 PM
Jan 12

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