Minnesotan State Representative Ilhan Omar, arrives at the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) General Assembly in Paris on November 15, 2017. [State Department Photo/ Public Domain]The questioning Elliot Abrams endured from freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (who didn’t even know his name, calling him Mr. Adams) at yesterday’s hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee was an embarrassment for America. Omar threw accusations at Abrams in the public eye without allowing him a chance to defend himself. Abrams was flabbergasted by Omar’s attacks, based on events that happened three decades ago.
It’s one thing to demand answers from a witness in front of Congress. It’s another to demand answers for a matter that was settled when Omar was 10 years old and still hadn’t even immigrated to the United States. But it’s an entirely different matter to throw accusations at a government official, in front of Congress and the world, and not allow him the opportunity to defend himself. Omar questioned Abrams’ credibility and suggested he was happy with the outcome of a massacre that had killing and raping of women and children. Even when Abrams was able to answer, Omar dismissed him.
