I think in Omar's case, she did it to herself. If you can turnoff diehard Dems like Wolraich and Bruce Levine this easily, you are red meat for the righties. She's clueless,I could see it coming, she did it to herself, she made herself a mark for them. 

You run in the reality you have, not an imaginary place where there's no pushback. Here's more evidence how savvy she has been at handling political problems, from wikipedia:

In 2013, Omar managed Andrew Johnson's campaign for Minneapolis City Council. After Johnson was elected, she served as his Senior Policy Aide from 2013 to 2015.[23] During a contentious precinct caucus that turned violent in February 2014, she was attacked by five people and was injured.[9] According to MinnPost, the day before the caucus, Minneapolis city councilmember Abdi Warsame had told Johnson to warn Omar not to attend the meeting.[25]

Financial transparency issues

In 2018, Republican state representative Steve Drazkowski publicly accused Omar of campaign finance violations,[6]claiming that she used campaign funds to pay a divorce lawyer, and that her acceptance of speaking fees from public colleges violated Minnesota House rules. Omar responded that the attorney's fees were not personal but campaign-related; she offered to return the speaking fees.[35][36] Drazkowski later accused Omar of improperly using campaign funds for personal travel to Estonia and locations in the U.S.[6][37][20]

Omar's campaign dismissed the accusations as politically motivated and accused Drazkowski of using public funds to harass a Muslim candidate.[20][38] In response to an editorial in the Minneapolis Star Tribune arguing that Omar should be more transparent about her use of campaign funds, she said: "these people are part of systems that have historically been disturbingly motivated to silence, discredit and dehumanize influencers who threaten the establishment."[20]In June 2019, Minnesota campaign finance officials ruled that Omar had to pay back $3,500 that she had spent on out-of-state travel and tax filing in violation of state law. She was also ordered to pay a $500 fine.[39]

I really have no sympathy, as opposed to some like, say, Hillary, who tried really hard not to get labeled. Omar could care less, she is clueless, will say more stupid shit that is red meat for agitprop, I am sure. She approached the role of being a Congressperson like a naive college kid just spouting unthought out shit.

Er,fuggedaboutit. Was all temporary trolling for fun, distraction and electoral profit. Time to recant:

Trump Disavows ‘Send Her Back’ Chant

• President Trump said he “was not happy” with the chant that broke out at his re-election rally and that he had tried to cut it off, a claim contradicted by video.
• Republicans tried to distance themselves from the refrain, aimed at a Somali-born congresswoman.

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