r/askanything • • 12h ago

Political Question Are federal agents raiding Ilhan Omar and example of political persecution ? Why is the government specifically targeting and double guessing her paper work after 20 years?

Why are Americans letting this happen? It feels like the country is falling apart.

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u/WhyThisTimelineTho 12h ago

It feels like the country is falling apart because the country IS falling apart! And conservatives are happy watching it happen because rich people have convinced them trans people are so evil it's worth it to let all of the corruption happen to "protect our children" or some other nonsense.

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u/DreamLunatik 10h ago

This is only part right. The conservatives are not just happy watching, they are actively participating.

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u/anonymouscog 11h ago

Rich people know they can take their money & go somewhere else, they dgaf if the country burns

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u/Shiddin_myself_woo 11h ago

That was the justification for the holocaust.

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u/Top_Equivalent_2313 11h ago

Question is could the come back or could they really get away who would hide them

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u/Freelance_Developer_ 7h ago

I think fascism can and will come back ; hence price of democracy is ever vigilance or something to that degree.

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u/RaiderPower08 11h ago

A liberal judge signed off on the warrant

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u/Imaginary_Ant_9743 11h ago

"CNN also reported that a federal judge approved the search warrant but did not name the judge." So,.perhaps you are lying m

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u/Advertiserman 12h ago

How did you manage to make this about trans kids?

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u/Warm_Regrets157 11h ago

Were you really unable to understand the point that they made?

Are you being dumb or disingenuous? I cant decide.

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u/WhyThisTimelineTho 11h ago

What do you think was inaccurate about my statement?

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u/Top_Equivalent_2313 11h ago

Yeah why did they make it about some one who only 1 percentage of the population