I dislike sharing with you Def-Con News readers uncertainty but this really seems to be promising news and it is such a short read, I couldn’t resist breaking one of my personal rules.
Yes, Ilhan Omar is facing a primary challenger.
This from headlines.americanlookout.com.
Former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels announced he will once again run for the House seat.
New York Post reported:
Rep. Ilhan Omar [received] a prominent Democratic primary challenger Sunday when former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels announced he’ll try once again to unseat her after coming close in 2022.
Omar, a charter member of ‘the squad’ of progressive House Democrats, won reelection twice despite making comments in her first term that were widely criticized for invoking antisemitic tropes and suggesting Jewish Americans have divided loyalties.
But Omar—a Somali American and moslem—has come under renewed fire for condemning the Israeli government’s handling of its war against Hamas.
Samuels said in an interview with The Associated Press ahead of his official announcement Sunday morning on WCCO Radio:
Our congresswoman has a predilection to divisiveness and conflict.
Axios reported:
[Don Samuels] lost his 2022 primary campaign against the incumbent congresswoman by 2 percentage points, or about 2,500 votes.
What they’re saying: Samuels—who attacked Omar over her stance on police and past comments on Israel during the 2022 campaign—told the Star Tribune that the three-term incumbent has ‘dug a deeper hole, especially in this most recent [Israel-Hamas] crisis.’
‘[She] continues to demonstrate that there’s an urgent need for new leadership.’
Final thought: A Samuels’ win will a) Remove a radical moslem from Congress, and b) Lay open this Congressional seat for a viable Republican challenger.
God speed to Don Samuels.
