Ilhan Omar delivers personal warning to Biden about voter groups that 'were very pivotal to his election'

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) says she recently warned President Joe Biden that he risks losing support from key Democratic voter constituencies.

Speaking with a local Minneapolis news station, KCCO-TV, Omar recounted that she recently spoke with Biden about her position on the Israel-Hamas war and emphasized that Biden imperils his re-election hopes if he does not adopt her position on the war.

Omar was responding to the growing number of progressives who have become outspokenly critical of Biden's support for Israel. Muslim voters, for example, are threatening to "abandon Biden" in the upcoming election if he does not support a ceasefire in Gaza.

"I recently had a conversation with the president. Muslims were very pivotal to his election — they mobilized in all the key states. Young people were very instrumental in him getting elected," Omar told KCCO.

"And what I reminded him was that he needs to listen to these voices. People are heartbroken. It's been really hard to have conversations about politics and policy. People just want the images of young children's bodies that are piling up to end and they want our support for this to end," she said.

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The U.S. government is reluctant to support a ceasefire for two important reasons.

First, Israel is the top U.S. ally in the Middle East, and the U.S. government has been committed to defending Israel for its entire existence as a modern nation-state.

Second, honest people understand that a ceasefire now ultimately prevents a ceasefire forever. Hamas is committed to the extermination of Israel, and the terrorist group's leaders have vowed to commit as many attacks as needed to achieve their goal. This is why Israel is committed to destroying Hamas; its leaders know that peace will never be achieved if Hamas exists.

Those calling for a ceasefire, like Omar, have not offered a solution to this conundrum.

It's true that younger voters (and Muslim voters, of course) are broadly critical of Biden for supporting Israel. Rhetoric aside, it's unlikely they will abandon him come Election Day if the choice is Biden or Donald Trump. Omar's warning, then, is all bark and (probably) no bite.

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