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One party over another? >> i definitely think theres a double standard. as dana just so eloquently pointed out, she is -- she had done that which has been done to her and the muslim community and the muslim americans many, many times. she should be -- i hope she doesnt realize the political manipulation charge, which is an oldtro oldtro old trope thats been used against jews for centuries, that she can apologize for it. there is this idea of the jewish -- lobbyists do have influence. the jewish ...

Colleague talib have relished to the lobbying influence of apac in a way that has struck a nerve with jewish lawmakers on capitol hill. omars positions have challenged a decades old plank of u.s. foreign policy unfaltering u.s. support for israel. lets bring in rick tyler, republican strategist and dana milbank. great to have both of you with us. let me begin with you, dana, you wrote an interesting column. i want to read a portion of it for you. in it you right ihlan omar is the most prominent ...

Sensitivities. >> that dangerous territory. >> i think its incumbent upon particularly because there are now a new generation of legislators, who are taking stances on israel that have been previously out of bound and that i think are making necessary criticisms of israeli policy, of the u.s. policy with israel. it is incumbent on them to sort of understand anti-semitism. understand what people are going to hear as anti-semitic dog whistles and not say things their allies or people that want to ...

Made by representative omar who came under fire over comments she made last week. first reported bite the jewish insider. omar was responding to a question, asking her about criticisms of apac, a lobby group supporting israels government. she suggested it is pushing for allegiance to a foreign country. some argued that those comments revive that jewish-americans have divided loyalties. she said her comments were about the inability to have a meaningful debate about israel policy. i am joined by ...

About the vast influence of the american israel public affairs committee or apac. i recall senators privately worrying that if they supported the iran nuclear deal, it would target them. of course, this is true of other lobbies and its not the only reason senators voted against the deal. these are all legitimate issues to vigorously debate and discuss in america just as they are in israel. unfortunately, by phrasing the issue as the two new representatives sometimes have, they squandered an oppo...

Was anti-semitism. your colleague sees it differently. explain to our viewers who may not be familiar, why you think that tweet was anti-semitic and can you have a conversation about the influence of money on american politics like the nra, big faphrma, fossil fuels. >> 100%. we should be having a conversation about the israel lobby, apac. it is possible to do that without being anti-semitic or straying into even unintentionally anti-semitic tropes. one of the ways to do that is, as you know, je...

About jews and control and ppowd money. yes, a lot of apacs power comes from the fact that israel is popular among americans, right? they are not controlling politicians. they are not controlling them with money. they are offering them a pro-israel credential with which to go out and tell the american people that they are pro israel. so we need to be very, very careful in the language, right? if they were no christians in america, aipac would have almost nowhere near the same amount of power. >>...

Himself. but the president himself has his own racist history. he traffics in racism. steve king is a racist. its ironic and i dont think people take seriously what he says when he criticizes congresswoman omar. her comments were anti-semitic and ignorant and do not deserve to be heard in our discourse at that level. apac is an organization that does not spend within the top 50 in lobbying funds. when you look at the fact that its bipartisan and her comments make the nuisanced conversation we ha...

Omar. in a brand-new interview, is he reiterating the presidents call for her to step down after her tweets about apac were criticized as being semiticing. > anti-semitism has no place in the united states congress or anywhere in our country or the free world. unless representative omar resigns from congress at minimum democrat leaders should remove her from the house foreign affairs committee. >> msnbcs garrett haake joins me on the hill. the congresswoman issued an apology. we saw leadership i...

Comments and took them off committee. she was forced into this apology. thats another thing you have to look at. >> martha: what would you say to her if you were to explain to her how you see the effectiveness of apac for example, versus the way she sees it? she thinks that people are getting bought. >> everyone has an opinion that they want to bring forward. apac, they defend themselves very well, when you look at them, they work both republican and democrat. i can remember having disagreements...