Former Republican New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu listed the many examples of Ilhan Omar’s antiSemitism during a broadcast of “CNN NewsNight” panel Monday night.Pro-Hamas demonstrations erupted at multiple universities and colleges since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas that killed over 1,200 people in Israel. Sununu pointed out that Omar’s daughter was suspended for her part in the demonstration in support of Hamas an openly terrorist organization. They chanted sayinds that inferred wiping out Israel and the blocking of Jewish students on campus.
Sununu said:
“You guys are barely scratching the surface here. This isn’t just about we need more Democrats to condemn what’s happening. How about let’s get Democrats not joining in on it? How about AOC and Rep. Omar don’t join those college campuses?” And this hasn’t been going on for 10 years. It’s been going on for 18 months. And it starts on the college campuses. It empowers people to go beyond. And it has nothing to do with Donald Trump.”
Show-anchor Abby Phillip said:
“I want to be more — a little bit more specific about what we’re talking about here, because I definitely think, to the congressman’s point, there are specific things that are being said on these campuses that are anti-Semitic. But the idea that AOC and, I mean, I don’t know, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar are engaging in those activities. I’m not sure —”
Sununu cut her off saying:
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL“They showed up on those campuses. They showed up to the campuses. They were there on those campuses speaking out.”
The House voted 218-211 to remove Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Phillip asked:
“But here’s what I’m saying. But do you understand what I’m saying? If they are — if they show up on college campuses to protest, you know, the situation in Gaza, is that, are you saying, automatically the same thing as uttering anti-Semitic words?”
Sununu replied:
“Yes, they’re anti-Semitic. Make no mistake about it. Their words are absolutely anti — and this is all based in anti-Semitism.”
Sununu then offered to enlighted Phillip on instances of Omar’s anti-Semitism.
Pro-Hamas demonstrations erupted at multiple universities and colleges since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas that killed over 1,200 people in Israel, seeing protesters occupy buildings, chant a slogan that has connotations of wiping out Israel and block Jewish students from parts of campus. Sununu said that Omar, whose daughter was reportedly suspended for her part in the pro-Hamas protests, and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York were “joining in.”
The House of Representatives passed a resolution in February 2023 to remove Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from the House Foreign Affairs Committee on a party-line 218-211 vote. Omar was one of 13 Democrats who voted against a resolution to condemn antisemitism in December 2023.
“Do we have to go through the statements?” Sununu asked Phillip, who responded, “I am talking about on college campuses, you know, because I think that there is a difference between protesting —”
“The history of Ilhan Omar is very clear,” Sununu shot back, cutting Phillip off. “She’s been very explicit.”
