DEM PARTY HANDLER: OK, kid, here's your big chance. Don't foul it up.
ILHAN OMAR (age 38): I won't! (To Elliott Abrams) Mr. Adams...
DEM PARTY HANDLER: (gives her a big thumbs-up)
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She really said that. She really called him "Mr Adams". And she never corrected herself.
But of course I'm holding her to an impossibly high standard here, expecting her to know the guy's name, expecting her to be able to say "Iran-Contra" without pausing uncertainly at the hyphen and double-checking her script.
Meanwhile, I'm still trying to find out who appointed her to that Committee (she's
the sole freshman Congressperson on it, right?)
*I'm also still looking for a full transcript of their "fiery" (sic) exchange. Until I find it, here's a summary:
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ILHAN OMAR (age 38): Mr Adams, a long time ago you were co-responsible for employing some foreign Bad Guys who once massacred and raped some folks under our watch. Are you in favour of massacring and raping folks?
ABRAMS: Of course not. That is a ridiculous question.
ILHAN OMAR (age 38): Today America is once again preparing to engage in its civilizing mission in Latin America. When we go into Venezuela to restore democracy, Mr Addison, will you promise to take better care this time?
ABRAMS: Yes.
ILHAN OMAR (age 38): Thank you for your precipitation, Mr Adlon. I can't think of anything more to say, so I yield up the rest of my time.
* On Edit: Ilhan Omar was appointed to the Foreign Affairs Committee
on January 17, 2019 by Nancy Pelosi and her three co-chairs, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, Congressman Eric Swalwell of California and Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California:
11.30.18
Pelosi Announces Co-Chairs of Steering and Policy Committee
Washington, D.C. – Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi announced today that she will recommend Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, Congressman Eric Swalwell of California and Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California to serve as the three Co-Chairs of the Steering and Policy Committee. [...]
https://lee.house.gov/news/press-releas ... -committee
Americans will presumably be more familiar with these politicians and their records than I am.