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Ilhan Omar knows how to smear with the best of them

By Becket Adams
Published January 17, 2019 7:46pm ET
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Ilhan Omar knows how to smear with the best of them
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., joins House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and newly-elected members at a news conference to discuss their priorities when they assume the majority in the 116th Congress in January, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Rep. Ilhan Omar’s, D-Minn., performance this week defending her evidence-free attacks against Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., should have President Trump blushing.

Indeed, though the congresswoman bills herself as a member of the moral, compassionate alternative to the politics of Trump, her imitation Thursday morning of the Queens businessman’s brand of political smear was pretty spot-on.

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