(11-30-2019, 12:34 PM)mikesez Wrote: There are a handful of Republicans hoping to challenge Ilhan Omar for her seat in Congress.  One of them just got herself banned from Twitter.
She jumped on a rumor that Omar is a Qatari intelligence asset, and said that Omar should be hanged if this is true.

Stella should not have said any of this.

1) Spreading baseless rumors about politicians on Twitter is inexcusable.  Even without the threat of violence, Twitter would have been right to take down the post.
2) Even though sharing intelligence with Qatar could be treason, hanging is no longer the penalty for treason.  It would not be crazy for someone to see Stella's post as a call for Omar to be lynched, because historically lynching was done by hanging. 

Sadly, this ignorant and provocative rhetoric is likely to give her enough notoriety to win the Republican nomination for the seat.
But if the district was left-leaning enough to elect Omar in the first place, probably no Republican has a chance to win anyhow.

Hottest take: this could be yet another example of the primary election system only stirring up division and strife, and failing to select the best candidate for everyone.