SHOCK! Ted Cruz Annihilates Ilhan Omar with HER OWN WORDS: Congresswoman LEFT COMPLETELY SPEECHLESS at Historic Hearing
Texas Senator Exposes Omar’s “Decade-Long Pattern” of Anti-Semitic Remarks and Terrorism Minimization, Decimating Her Credibility Before the Nation
WASHINGTON D.C. – An unprecedented confrontation in the Senate Judiciary Committee room has rocked the American political landscape, transforming a hearing on combating anti-Semitism and hate speech into a brutal cross-examination. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) executed a calculated, 14-minute “cross-examination,” using Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) own recorded words to expose a pattern of alleged anti-Semitism, minimization of 9/11, and moral equivalence between the United States and terrorist organizations.
The event concluded with Congresswoman Omar, who came to testify as a victim of hatred, being accused of being a perpetrator of hate, unable to answer basic questions about Israel’s right to exist.
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🧵Unpacking the “Hypnosis” and “Benjamins” Remarks
The hearing began with Congresswoman Omar taking the witness seat to testify about Islamophobia and threats of violence. But the Democratic Party’s script immediately fell apart.
Ted Cruz, armed with a thin red folder and a voice shifting from a Texas drawl to courtroom precision, cut straight to the core. He projected Omar’s 2012 tweet onto the screen: “Israel has hypnotized the world. May Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.”
“He [Cruz] pulled out a single sheet… [It stated that] accusing Jews of hypnotizing the world is a classic anti-Semitic trope, one that has been used to justify persecution, pogroms, and genocide for centuries.”
Omar responded that she was “young” at 29 when she wrote the tweet. Cruz dismissed this, emphasizing that she was already a state legislator, elected by voters, at the time.
The attack continued with Omar’s notorious 2019 tweet regarding why politicians support Israel: “It’s all about the Benjamins, baby,” referring to money ($100 bills featuring Benjamin Franklin) and AIPAC. Cruz presented a comparison chart: AIPAC spent $3.5 million, while the pharmaceutical industry spent $280 million and Oil and Gas spent $125 million.
“But you singled out the Jewish lobby, Congresswoman,” Cruz stressed. “Not the bigger ones, not the more powerful ones. You singled out the Jewish one. Why is that?”
Democratic Senators shifted uncomfortably. Omar could only claim she was criticizing lobbying practices but failed to explain why she singled out the Jewish lobby.
🗣️The “Dual Loyalty” Accusation and Terrorist Comparison
Cruz then moved to a March 2019 statement by Omar, where she spoke of the “political influence in this country that says it’s okay to push for allegiance to a foreign country.”
“Dual loyalty. You accused American Jews of dual loyalty, of being more loyal to Israel than to the United States,” Cruz asserted sharply. “Do you know what the Nazis said about German Jews in the 1930s? That they couldn’t be trusted… You used that exact rhetoric.”
But the most shocking moment came when Cruz cited Omar’s June 2021 tweet, in which she equated the U.S. and Israel with terrorist organizations:
“You compared the United States of America, our country, and Israel, our democratic ally, to Hamas and the Taliban – terrorist organizations… Hamas uses children as human shields… The Taliban bans girls from school, executes people in soccer stadiums… And you put the United States and Israel in the same moral category as these monsters?”
When Omar attempted to respond that she was only “referring to the ICC [court],” Cruz cut her off with a razor-sharp voice: “I don’t care what you were referring to… Do you believe the United States is morally equivalent to the Taliban?”
Omar, visibly pale, struggled to answer, finally stating that she believed in “equal application…”
“Yes or no, Congresswoman?” Cruz pressed. “You can’t answer, because any answer incriminates you. If you say no, you admit your tweet was false. If you say yes, you admit you hate America.”
💔“Some People Did Something” – The Pain of 9/11
The alleged pattern of terrorism minimization reached its climax with the topic of 9/11. Cruz recited from memory Omar’s words spoken at a 2019 fundraiser: “CAIR was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something…”
Cruz held up a photograph of the Twin Towers and a photo of Nicholas Haros Jr., the son of a 9/11 victim.
“‘Some people did something.’ That’s how you described September 11, 2001,” Cruz whispered. “Two thousand nine hundred seventy-seven Americans were murdered that day… It wasn’t some people did something. It was Al-Qaeda. Islamic terrorists. Jihadists murdering Americans in the name of radical Islam.”
He revealed that on the 18th anniversary of the attacks, Nicholas Haros Jr. stood at Ground Zero wearing a shirt inscribed with Omar’s exact words and publicly corrected her. Omar was seen silently crying.
Cruz continued, accusing Omar of refusing to specifically name Islamic terrorism and instead using “generic, vague, meaningless” terms.
The Final Assault: Fraud and the Right to Exist
Cruz concluded by bringing up the investigated allegations of marriage and tax fraud against Omar related to her second husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi—who was allegedly her biological brother for immigration fraud purposes. Cruz stated that Omar filed joint tax returns with her first husband (Ahmed Hirsi) while legally married to Elmi and had paid a $500 fine for that tax violation.
“So when you lecture Americans about immigration policy… remember that you may have defrauded the very immigration system you’re now defending… and you definitely committed tax fraud.”
Summing up, Cruz concluded: “That’s not a single mistake, Congresswoman. That’s a pattern, a sustained pattern over more than a decade… You are the perpetrator, not the victim.”
His final question was the decisive one: “Do you believe the Jewish people have a right to self-determination? Do you believe Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state?”
Omar fumbled, unable to give a simple “Yes or No” answer, only stating that she believed in a “two-state solution” and “equal rights.”
“You can’t answer,” Cruz finished, gathering his papers. “Because you don’t believe Israel has a right to exist.”
💥Extreme Reactions and Political Fallout
The 14-minute clip went intensely viral. Clips titled “Cruz destroys Omar with facts” garnered millions of views.
Conservative Media: Praised Cruz for using “facts, receipts, and devastating questions she cannot answer” to counter what they called “victim rhetoric.”
Mainstream Media (CNN, Jake Tapper): Acknowledged that Cruz raised “serious questions” about Omar’s controversial statements.
Jewish Community: Traditional organizations like the American Jewish Committee (AJC) thanked Cruz for addressing “dangerous rhetoric.”
9/11 Families: Nicholas Haros Jr. stated, “Senator Cruz honored my mother today. He called out someone who minimized their murders, who called it ‘some people did something.’”
Congresswoman Omar’s response 12 hours later was a carefully crafted statement, condemning the cross-examination as a “hateful interrogation” and “perpetuating Islamophobic tropes” aimed at silencing her from criticizing Israeli policy. She failed to address the 9/11 comments, the Taliban comparison, or the fraud allegations.
Two weeks after the hearing, polling showed Omar’s approval rating was underwater in her district for the first time. Among Jewish voters nationwide, 78% said her statements were anti-Semitic, and 64% said she should be removed from all foreign policy committees.
For the Democratic Party, Omar became an undeniable liability. Nancy Pelosi offered a terse response: “I think all members should choose their words carefully.”
The hearing became a turning point in the fight against anti-Semitism, showing that direct, evidence-based confrontation—no matter how difficult—is possible and necessary to hold elected officials accountable for their own words.
