Is Ilhan Omar paid off?
I should note right off the bat that I actually do not believe this is true.
However, in light of her now infamous "Benjamins" comment I was wondering the following:
The implication of her statement was that the only reason why politicians would support Israel was because they were paid off by lobbyists.
However, on general consideration, there are literally 100s of lobby groups in Washington for literally any issue you can think of. Billions of dollars are spent on lobbying by corporations, organizations, etc.
Thus, it could be said, of ANY politician of ANY issue that they voice support for that the ONLY reason they are doing it is because a lobby group paid them off for it.
Now, since Ilhan Omar is a politician, then that can equally apply to her as well.
So, according to her OWN "logic" we can say she is "paid off".
As a general note, I deliberately wrote (and made sure it was "right off the bat" so people won't miss it) that "I should note right off the bat that I actually do not believe this is true. "
Yet nevertheless, more than one person seemed to have missed that. Quite curious that they did.