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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Tuesday refused to support a congressional resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide, saying it was important first to condemn the preceding "mass slaughter" of "hundreds of millions of indigenous people," as well as the "transatlantic slave trade
Omar, in a statement explaining her vote of "present" on the resolution, seemingly suggested that the century-old mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks may not have occurred at all. She asserted that "accountability and recognition of genocide should not be used as a cudgel in a political fight" but should instead "be done based on academic consensus outside the push and pull of geopolitics."
The comments prompted accusations that Omar, again, was seeking to communicate a bigoted message while maintaining a veneer of wink-and-nod deniability -- even as she has previously called for a boycott over alleged Israeli human-rights abuses, described the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as an instance in which "some people did something", and asserted that "Israel has hypnotized the world."
llhan Omar votes 'present' on bill condemning Armenian genocide llhan Omar votes 'present' on bill condemning Armenian genocide
Now the facts.....
The Armenian Genocide[a] (also known as the Armenian Holocaust)[10] was the mass systematic extermination and expulsion of 1.5 million ethnic Armenians[note 2] within the Ottoman Empire (most of whom were citizens) by the Ottoman government from approximately 1914 to 1923.[11][12] The starting date is conventionally held to be 24 April 1915, the day that Ottoman authorities rounded up, arrested, and deported from Constantinople (now Istanbul) to the region of Angora (Ankara), 235 to 270 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders, the majority of whom were eventually murdered
Armenian Genocide
What a fucking typical disgusting black democrap racist bitch.
Omar, in a statement explaining her vote of "present" on the resolution, seemingly suggested that the century-old mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks may not have occurred at all. She asserted that "accountability and recognition of genocide should not be used as a cudgel in a political fight" but should instead "be done based on academic consensus outside the push and pull of geopolitics."
The comments prompted accusations that Omar, again, was seeking to communicate a bigoted message while maintaining a veneer of wink-and-nod deniability -- even as she has previously called for a boycott over alleged Israeli human-rights abuses, described the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as an instance in which "some people did something", and asserted that "Israel has hypnotized the world."
llhan Omar votes 'present' on bill condemning Armenian genocide llhan Omar votes 'present' on bill condemning Armenian genocide
Now the facts.....
The Armenian Genocide[a] (also known as the Armenian Holocaust)[10] was the mass systematic extermination and expulsion of 1.5 million ethnic Armenians[note 2] within the Ottoman Empire (most of whom were citizens) by the Ottoman government from approximately 1914 to 1923.[11][12] The starting date is conventionally held to be 24 April 1915, the day that Ottoman authorities rounded up, arrested, and deported from Constantinople (now Istanbul) to the region of Angora (Ankara), 235 to 270 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders, the majority of whom were eventually murdered
Armenian Genocide
What a fucking typical disgusting black democrap racist bitch.