Ilhan Omar’s Attempt to Shame Politico Reporter Over Obama Quotes Backfires. Bigly.

Ilhan Omar’s Attempt to Shame Politico Reporter Over Obama Quotes Backfires. Bigly.
Posted by Fuzzy Slippers Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 6:00pm

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What was she thinking?

On Friday, Mary wrote about Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Obama-bashing interview with Politico. In this interview, Omar told Politico‘s Tim Alberta that, among other things, Obama’s hope and change was a “mirage” and that he got away with the “caging of kids” and with “murder” because he was “polished.”

Upon publication of the piece and the Democrat horror that she had attacked Obama, whom 49% of Democrats think was the best president since WWII, Omar went on the offensive.

Unleashing her considerable Twitter power, Omar posted an audio recording of the Obama section of the interview and wrote in a since-deleted tweet:

Exhibit A of how reporters distort words.

I’m an Obama fan! I was saying how Trump is different from Obama, and why we should focus on policy not politics.

This is why I always tape my interviews. ???? https://t.co/iZOAEslo1c https://t.co/8rjIq5LfxD

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The problem, as Mary noted in her update to her post, is that the recording backs up the Politico report.

This attempt to shame Politico‘s Alberta was so completely unhinged that he clapped back. Hard.

Tim Alberta
@TimAlberta
Exhibit A of how politicians use the media as a straw man to avoid owning what they said.

Your tape...supports what I wrote 100%. So does my longer tape. It's beyond dispute.

Next time, a phone call from your office before the Twitter ambush would be appreciated. (link: https://twitter.com/Ilhan/status/1104116455224807424) twitter.com/Ilhan/status/1…
6:27 PM · Mar 8, 2019 · Twitter Web Client

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Here’s a transcript of the audio clip released by Omar.
https://mobile.twitter.com/dmartosk...o-reporter-over-obama-quotes-backfires-bigly/

Apparently recognizing that she was violating the first rule of holes, Omar deleted her tweet . . . but not before the damage was done.

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s attempt to shame a news outlet for misquoting her blistering attack on former President Barack Obama backfired after she released audio of the interview that only served to confirm her remarks.

The Minnesota Democrat, who’s faced controversy over comments perceived as anti-Semitic, got into hot water yet again after saying Obama’s “hope and change” message was a “mirage” and slammed the administration’s drone and border-detention policies.

She told Politico that the Obama administration was responsible for the “caging of kids” at the U.S.-Mexico border, the “droning of countries around the world,” and that the 44th president “operated within the same fundamentally broken framework as his Republican successor.”

. . . . Following the article’s publication, Omar went on offense on Twitter and accused the outlet’s reporter, Tim Alberta, of distorting her words and insisted that she is, in fact, a fan of Obama.

. . . . But the move immediately backfired as the recording actually confirmed the comments she made to the news outlet. By Saturday afternoon, she had deleted the tweet.

. . . . Omar’s attempt at shaming a media outlet was called out by the reporter who said the rookie congresswoman tried to bash the media in an effort to avoid the comments she made.

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The backlash, including that from the left, was swift.

Tim Alberta
@TimAlberta
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Mar 8
Exhibit A of how politicians use the media as a straw man to avoid owning what they said.

Your tape...supports what I wrote 100%. So does my longer tape. It's beyond dispute.

Next time, a phone call from your office before the Twitter ambush would be appreciated. (link: https://twitter.com/Ilhan/status/1104116455224807424) twitter.com/Ilhan/status/1…
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Zoe Williams
@zowirose
Replying to
@TimAlberta
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@RWPUSA
She needs to do her job thoughtfully and get her attention fix elsewhere. It’s too much of the wrong note.
8:15 AM · Mar 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone

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Chet Cannon
@Chet_Cannon
Lol. Can’t imagine why Ilhan Omar just quietly deleted her tweet alleging ‘media distortion’ WHILE PROVIDING an audio link proving
@TimAlberta
didn’t distort anything...?

And
@Ilhan
, that *taste* is your foot in your mouth (probably used to it by now)

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What was she thinking? Not only is it comically absurd to post audio proving you are being less than truthful, but given her controversial nature, she needs all the media support she can get. Falsely shaming and attempting to undermine them is not a good move.

The way things are going there’s a fair chance Omar and AOC will self destruct before 2020.

If we’re lucky they will take the Democrst party with them!

This woman makes Hillary look like a college graduate.

With friends like her and AOC the DNC doesn't need enemies!! I think we'll see quite a few dim pres candidates except sanders jumping off the socialist wagon.
Mike

jim slagle said:

The way things are going there’s a fair chance Omar and AOC will self destruct before 2020.

If we’re lucky they will take the Democrst party with them!

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I'm worried that an economic downturn will draw people to these extremist politicians and build their support.

“How do you tell a Communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”

― Ronald Reagan

TiredRetired said:

“How do you tell a Communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”

― Ronald Reagan

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Great quote. Old RR had a way of getting his point across with as few words as possible and with enough humor to show the idiocy of the Left. He'd be having a field day if he were alive and active now.