There may be no better example of how inept the Democrats are at playing politics than the collective handling of this Ilhan Omar "controversy."
1. Omar correctly points out that Israel's absurd "untouchable" status in modern American politics is in no small part due to heavy influence from lobbyists.
2. Republicans flip out and make bad faith arguments that her points included "anti-Semetic rhetoric," which is not the case. They also frame the issue as requiring the Democrats to respond.
3. Democrats oblige, and unify to label Omar's comments anti-Semetic to placate the right.
4. Omar is forced to apologize despite having done nothing wrong.
5. Instead of being satisfied with the placation, as the Democrats seemed to think they would be, the Republicans take advantage of all this to demand her removal from her committees, and now the president calls for her resignation.
6. The Democrats now stumble around saying "Hey, wait a second..." once again.
You couldn't draw up a better summary of how bad the Democrats are at this. The Democrats are once again Charlie Brown, and once again the Republicans have pulled the football away. Even Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders have fallen for the nonsense, which has been incredibly disappointing.