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Her tweet -- the subject of -- aipac is an influential lobby group in washington. that should be be able to be discussed because it has to be discussed carefully because there is a long dangerous stereotype of jews nefariously controlling governments with money. she didnt express that sensitivity but the larger issue here is shes trying to talk about opposing a system of state-sponsored bigotry in the west bank in which jews and palestinians who live side by side live under a different law where...

Should expect kevin mccarthy should be careful. if we want ilhan omar to be careful, kevin mccarthy should be careful, too. >> those three are spending tens of millions of dollar -- >> and so is aipac. >> aipac has not spent must be on candidates. >> it has political action committees that tell them who to support and they give them money for candidates. >> they support democrats who support israel and republicans -- >> but they support policies ilhan omar opposes. >> i dont care what their reli...

I havent been following it. >> following it? you have known him for years. youre his acolyte. come on. lets get after it. do you believe the president should have been as vocal about king as he is about omar? if the answer is yes, why? >> well, he should have been as vocal as king and about other members of his party, whether youre talking about mccarthy who used anti-semitic tropes himself in 2016 when he was running for re-election. but the president himself has his own racist history. he traf...

More broad and it sets a precedent that is tougher for congress to swallow. but, it is true that they, in congress, kind of understand that this is something the president is going to continue to fight on, although i would say that given what the deal is, the substance of this deal, the fact that republican leaders have kind of frankly put the president in a corner by agreeing to something that is lower than what -- never mind what the president wanted, but what the president could have gotten f...

This arab coalition and we are seeing a big shift in politics. and, there is questions of semitism. >> you said that omars comments are not anti-semitic? >> i have a problem hearing her as an anti-samet. this is how anti-semitic it was. she said something that thomas friedman, a major supporter israel said, the applause that netanyahu received was paid for by a lobby. a lobby lobby uses money to influence politicians and that is what aipac does. everyone who donates knows that and this is litera...

People -- the only reason why people are standing up for the state of israel is because of " "the benjamins." they dont have to agree with absolutely any ingredient the government makes but its wrong to attack them as a people. >> no one attacked me because i dont support aipac, millions of dont support it, and millions like me are tired of supporting aipac which is a very elite minority. and that is in the anti-semitic in itself. >> this is the big dynamic. lets stay -- >> laura: i have to tell...

Goes back to the nazis, and the whole notion of "benjamins," which is what she said aipac was doing. have trips to israel and support for pro-israel stances in our congress. i think that nadler was right. when she picks up on money and they hypnosis thing, those are tropes that have been used to advance anti-semitic causes globally, not just in the united states. we see a rise in anti-semitic violence here in the united states and globally. so he is exactly right and i think he has every reason ...

We know that we deserve and will lose both of them if we do. >> orourke said he will announce whether hes running for president by the end of february. an apology from congressm congresswoman of minnesota for tweets condemn pld by boed by bs as anti-semitic. u.s. support of israel is fueled by political donations from a pro-israel group. she apologized in a tweet saying my intention is never to offend my constituents or jewish americans as a whole. we have to always be willing to step back and...

Throw for a wall. i think he understands -- so long as democrats have anything to say about it, hes not going to get $5.7 billion for a white elephant mainly a wall, a border. >> lets talk about this controversy thats going on with congresswoman omar. she unequivocally apologized after tweeting this. it is all about the benjamins baby. >> kevin maccarthy supported israel for campaign donations. ihhan omar says she was talking about aipac. is her apology enough? >> i make a huge distinction betwe...

Delay and defamation. tonight well hear from the first accuser, vanessa tyson, for the first time since she came forward. she is scheduled to speak at an event at stanford university that has been scheduled for a long time. the topic she is addressing is the #metoo movement. >> bill: that was live in richmond. >> sandra: the second story with democrats scrambling to react. top democrats condemning anti semitism comments after congresswoman omar said there is a pro-israel lobbying group aipac. >>...