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Ppl asking: Why, after winning a round against Trump that drew lavish attention to her antisemitism, would Omar go on tv & say she doesn’t regret her antisemitic comments, then sponsor a BDS resolution that compares Israel to Nazi Germany?
Again: *The antisemitism is the point.*
Again: *The antisemitism is the point.*
The resolution defending her from Trump has even Dems talking about how bad the optics are in how it contrasts with her ability to defeat a resolution criticizing her antisemitism. But that’s the point. It’s useful to her. It’s good politics from her standpoint!
She is continually rewarded for her antisemitism. It’s not a byproduct of her appeal. *It’s her appeal.* That’s why she waves it around triumphantly, why she specifically courts public fights over antisemitism. And it’s why she doesn’t even hide it. She’s all text, no subtext.
She doesn’t leave ambiguity about her antisemitism because she thinks she’ll be ill served by ambiguity. That she’d be stranding runners on base. Antisemitism is her ticket. Avoid it? No! The antisemitism is the point.
The antisemitism is the point, how many times does she have to tell you: 
Rep. Deutch points out that BDS *explicitly* seeks Israel’s destruction, as it states on its own websites and literature, in plain English. Omar still goes all-in on it.
Say it with me: The antisemitism is the point.
Say it with me: The antisemitism is the point.
