In just a single, turbulent week, Ilhan Omar, once celebrated as an untouchable progressive icon, experienced a political and personal storm that few in American public life have ever faced so suddenly. The catalyst was a single misjudged remark about the sudden death of a conservative commentator, Charlie Kirk, a comment that, in Omar’s own framing, she intended as sharp political critique, aimed at critiquing rhetoric she deemed harmful and extreme. Yet what was meant as commentary exploded far beyond the confines of social media. Her words ricocheted through a nation still raw with grief, through newsrooms, cable networks, and every corner of Twitter,…CONTINUE READING IN BELOW
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