Nothing Is Too Silly 🙃

no its stupider pic.twitter.com/tcA87PWDVt

— gg 🙊🙈🙉 (@gina_goldberg) February 1, 2024

When reality can’t keep up with parody:

Literally just got this push notice pic.twitter.com/ACbDh7sPkw

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) February 1, 2024

And I’m not touching the MAGA Taylor Swift conspiracy theories with a club. Although I’m not surprised the impeachment of Mayorkas may be too silly:

Republican Ken Buck announced today he will not vote to impeach Mayorkas, and with the Republican majority razor-thin, Mike Johnson is on the brink of another potential embarrassment. https://t.co/NthISRwqWe

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 1, 2024

Lorry nose you can’t embarrass MTG. And since we’re on the topic of MTG:

Whoa: A quite reliable local outlet commissioned two professional translations of Ilhan Omar's remarks, and says she didn't say anything like what she's quoted saying https://t.co/0NNnoVxkdC

— Ben Smith (@semaforben) February 1, 2024

Quelle surprise.

During her recent speech, Omar spoke assertively about her role in American foreign affairs, despite lacking any formal role in foreign policy; she was removed from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs last year by Republicans for what she has said were trumped-up charges of antisemtism. 

“When I heard that people who call themselves Somalis signed an agreement with Ethiopia, many people reached out to me and said I needed to talk to the U.S. government. They asked, ‘What would the U.S. government do?’ My answer was that the U.S. government will do what we tell the U.S. government to do. That is the confidence we need to have as Somalis.” 

That’s far different than what’s been attributed to her on social media, that the “the U.S. government will only do what Somalians in the U.S. tell them to do. They will do what we want and nothing else. They must follow our orders.” 

That’s not what she said, according to the transcriptions of her remarks. 

Omar’s remarks about the relationship between Somaliland and Ethiopia are not inconsistent with American policy. 

The conflict between Somalia and Somaliland is related to an agreement signed last month with landlocked Ethiopia to give it access to the sea by way of Somaliland’s coastline. 

The AP recently reported that “the deal has been condemned by regional and international groups, as well as Western countries, which say it interferes with Somalia’s territorial integrity and is causing tensions that could threaten stability in the Horn of Africa region.” 

Asked about the conflict and her comments, Omar said she supports longstanding U.S. and Biden administration policy of a unified Somalia. 

“I have joined the U.S. State Department in urging both the State of Somaliland and Ethiopia to continue to engage with the U.S., the African Union and other regional partners who oppose that action. We have partnered well with the government of Somalia in combatting Al-Shabab and are in agreement that any recognition of the (agreement) between the State of Somaliland and Ethiopia would be an unacceptable violation of Somali sovereignty,” she said in the email to the Reformer.

Racism. Xenophobia. Ignorance. Fear of a brown planet. Nothing is too low for the GOP.