Dr. Qanta Ahmed: Reps. Tlaib and Omar Suffer from ‘Grotesque Holocaust Envy’

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AHMED: "They could be. They could be if they were pluralist Muslims, if they knew what was in the Koran where we recognize Jews and we recognize the sanctity of Moses, the holiness of the Torah, but they're not. They are using Islamist tactics to invert reality. What they’re seeking, they have a grotesque Holocaust envy. Just hear me out on that. Islamist envy, what they see as the special mark upon the Jewish people that is the membership of genocide, it's a terrible thing that befell the Jewish people, but Islamists envy it. They want to take over and appear the most persecuted, the most victimized, the most disadvantaged, while they deny the Holocaust and the existence of Israel. This is why you are seeing this. There is nothing genuine about these politicians. I don’t care whether they were Democrats or Republicans. The question is, where is the Speaker of the House? Where is the Speaker Pelosi to not just reprimand them, silence and marginalize them? That’s what I’m upset about."