'Gimme a break': Jeers for Ilhan Omar claim to be unaware of 'tropes about Jews and money'
Rep. Ilhan Omar is drawing heat again — this time for claiming that she was unaware there are “tropes about Jews and money,” leaving an aide to Sen. Ted Cruz to declare: “Give me a break.”, was trying to defend herself in a CNN interview Sunday, from accusations that she has made anti-Semitic comments in the past.
Omar, the first Somali-American and one of the first Muslims elected to Congress, once compared the Jewish stateOmar’s explanation didn’t go over well with Twitter users.
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