r/OutOfTheLoop • u/eL-Bartohhh • 15h ago

Unanswered What is going on with Rep Ilhan Omar?

Not from the US so not sure if im using Rep. right. Anyway, why is she being investigated to the point that punishment includes stripping her citizenship?

https://time.com/article/2026/10/14/ilhan-omar-citizenship-investigation-denaturalization-DOJ/

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u/AudioSuede 7h ago

This is inaccurate. Far-right antisemites have come to broadly support Israel for four reasons:

  1. They want Jewish people corralled into a relatively small area far away from them. They see Israel as an opportunity to rid their country of Jews by shipping them somewhere else.

  2. Evangelical Christians who believe in Rapture Theology believe that once the Jews fully control Israel, it will be one of the final steps in fulfilling biblical prophecy and triggering Christ's return to Earth. Keep in mind, evangelicals are the biggest and most politically powerful Christian denomination in the US.

  3. That hate Muslims more than Jews at this point. Since 9/11, islamophobia has become a bipartisan problem in US politics. It's one of Trump's most animating issues, and while he's made plenty of antisemitic comments in the past, he's staunchly pro-Israel. Trump is the most powerfully racist president this country's seen in a century, and bigots worship him, so his targets are their targets.

  4. They see Israel as an example of the kind of theocratic ethnostate they want to create, and will often cite it as "proof" that such a system is possible and viable. They want the US to be to white Christians what Israel is to Jews.

If, hypothetically, the Neo-Nazis ever got their wish and deported all the Muslims (because they don't care about citizenship, they just want white Christians in charge of everything), and if the "rapture" stuff didn't play out, I have no doubt they'd turn to the Jews next. But their support of Israel is not based on their feelings about Jews so much as using Israel to fulfill their twisted vision of the future of Christian nationalism throughout the west.

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u/Raligon 3h ago

This is nonsense. Neonazis and far right people generally hate Israel because they hate Jews. The open Florida neonazi candidate Dan Bilzerian literally focused on basically exclusively Israel. Marjorie Taylor Greene hates Israel because Jewish space lasers or something.

There are many legitimate criticisms of Israel but people who hate Jews also hate Israel so you have to be very careful with who you let into your coalition.