Jayapal Responds to Omar Raid With Reminder of $50,000 in Paper Bag for Trump Border Czar | Common Dreams
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"If the administration wants to investigate anyone, maybe they should look at themselves first," Rep. Pramila Jayapal said, pointing a finger at Trump border czar Tom Homan after a federal raid targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar.

After putting out a nearly three-minute video decrying Trump’s repeated attacks on her Democratic colleague from Minnesota, Jayapal reminded social media users of the president’s “border czar,” Tom Homan, allegedly accepting a bribe in the form of a paper bag stuffed with $50,000 in cash.

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“If the administration wants to investigate anyone, maybe they should look at themselves first. Anyone remember this?” Jayapal wrote alongside a photo of media coverage that notes Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) closed the probe into Homan last year.

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  • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.caEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Whataboutism usually refers to dismissing the actions of one person by pointing to another who does something similar.

    When you respond to someone doing something for a possible reason by pointing out that same person ignoring a far more blatant example, we call that ‘hypricosy’.