After two of the members of the far-left progressive "Squad" lost their House primaries, Republicans are circulating a plan to oust Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from her seat as well.
If Republicans vote for Omar's challenger, Don Samuels, on Tuesday in Minnesota's open primary instead of the Republican, Dalia Al-Aqidi, who is running unopposed, they might be able to defeat her.
In the last primary two years ago, Samuels only lost to Omar by 2,500 votes, so it's not inconceivable that he would be able to beat her with some Republican support this time.
Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and Cori Bush (D-MO) both lost their primaries, and at least part of the reason was their strong anti-Israel views.
Republicans are spreading the word through X about the effort through posts like this one.
You can vote Ilhan Omar out of congress on aug 13th!
Fun Fact: Ilhan Omar's primary in MN 05 is next week, August 13th.
Fun Fact: it's an OPEN primary so all registered Republicans, Independents, and Democrats can vote in the primary.
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— Brian BJ (@iamBrianBJ) August 7, 2024
The posts make it clear that Omar is anti-Semitic and supports police defunding, both unpopular views.
It really wouldn't take much to defeat Omar, in all likelihood.
Bush and Bowman both blamed the Democrat super PAC United Democracy Project, which has ties to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), for their losses.
The group spent $24 million to oust the two Squad members, but has not really come after Omar.
Other Squad members Reps. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) survived their primaries, so the coalition won't be completely decimated even if Omar can't hang on.
If a July poll is to be believed, Omar was ahead of Samuels by 27 points.
An internal poll trumpeted by Samuels said 20% of voters were still undecided then, however.
It seems that AIPAC didn't think Omar was particularly vulnerable in the race, but Tuesday will show whether they were right.
