(AmericanProsperity.com) – Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) got into a Twitter spat this weekend, which she quickly chose to backpedal from. It all began when long-time critic of President Donald Trump and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director John Brennan remarked on the recent death of a top Iranian scientist.
On November 27, Brennan’s controversial tweet hit the web:
This was a criminal act & highly reckless. It risks lethal retaliation & a new round of regional conflict.
Iranian leaders would be wise to wait for the return of responsible American leadership on the global stage & to resist the urge to respond against perceived culprits. https://t.co/0uZhyBTM3S— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) November 27, 2020
American journalist Glenn Greenwald quickly confronted Brennan’s words on Twitter, wondering if the “FBI should investigate Brennan for Logan Act violations?” The Logan Act was passed in 1799 and prevents individuals from negotiating with foreign governments without US authorization.
This is when Omar disagreed with Greenwald:
Legally, a tweet in this case wouldn’t constitute a violation of the Logan Act. It’s one-sided communication and even if directed at a foreign power, seems to fall outside the statute’s scope.
And even with a variety of interpretations, this episode isn’t a Logan Act violation. https://t.co/gDnOYTeJi2
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) November 28, 2020
Omar and Greenwald continued their debate, leading to Omar distancing from her defense of Brennan:
This is a weird assertion make, at no point did I provide a defense for either.
This is simply ludicrous, but I am sure you knew that. https://t.co/1DfAS97Jnw
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) November 28, 2020
Greenwald went on to publish an opinion piece on his blog about the Twitter disagreement and his disapproval of the Logan Act.
While Ilhan Omar may have chosen to defend the wrong person, she quickly separated herself from the whole situation. Instead, she spun it as a “debate” that “should happen more often in a free society.”
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