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The Lesson Democrats Should Take From the Ilhan Omar Controversy

Published: Feb. 18, 2019, 12:34 p.m.

The day that began with a media furor around Rep. Ilhan Omar\u2019s recent tweets did not end the way many on the left feared it would. While centrist Democrats and the party\u2019s leadership predictably criticized the first-year congresswoman from Minnesota for her tweets about the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), most of the party\u2019s progressive base rallied behind her.