A Muslim immigrant who is running against Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar called out Democrats for their failure to stand with the state of Israel against Hamas terrorists.
During an interview on “Fox & Friends,” Dalia al-Aqidi called her opponent Omar the “No. 1 antisemitic lawmaker in the United States.”
“I’m telling you, Hamas is a terrorist group, and whoever supports these terrorists don’t belong to the United States of America, the land of the free,” al-Aqidi added. “When they call for a free Palestine and call ‘from the river to the sea,’ this is a call for a genocide. Black Lives Matter and all these far-left progressives have no clue what they’re chanting about.”
Al-Aqidi said she traveled to Israel three days ago to “show my support and solidarity with the Jewish people,” declaring that the people of Minneapolis, where Omar was raised, support Israel.
“We are not like her (Omar). We support the Jewish people, and we are fighting the same fight,” she told host Ainsley Earhardt, adding that Omar’s district has become “ground zero for antisemitism” under her leadership.
The Muslim challenger went on to describe the atrocities she witnessed during her time in Israel.
“I’ve seen the houses, the burnt houses. You can smell it. It’s a place of destruction. And whoever says that Hamas, that these people are freedom fighters, no, freedom fighters don’t do that,” Al-Aqidi said.
This comes after Omar and other left-wing “Squad” members have drawn criticism from some Democrats in recent weeks as they have repeatedly demanded that President Joe Biden call for a ceasefire in Gaza as Israel retaliates against Hamas.
“How is it that we have a president who is talking about releasing hostages, who is talking about getting American citizens out of Israel, but could not get himself to say, ‘I want to save and work to save the hundreds, thousands of Americans stuck in Gaza.’ What is wrong with you?” the Minnesota Democrat said at the time.
On October 7, the Iran-backed Hamas attacked Israel and invaded towns along the Gaza border, killing at least 700 people. The attack prompted Israel to declare war against the terrorist group with a ruthless aerial campaign that has flattened homes, schools, medical institutions, and government buildings in the Gaza Strip.
