After social media backlash and threat of a lawsuit, Minnesota Democrat Representative Ilhan Omar deleted her vicious tweet about the maligned Covington Catholic boys.
On Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, Representative Omar (D-MN) decided to share her opinion about the Covington Catholic school controversy in a tweet and then deleted it after she was threatened with a defamation lawsuit.
In her tweet, Omar not only attacked the boys, but she also claimed the boys were “taunting 5 Black men.” These “black men” in the full-length video, can be heard hurling vile, racist insults at the children.
The response to Omar’s vicious tweet was quick and furious. As of the publication of this article, more than 18,000 people had replied to Omar’s tweet.
As a public SERVANT, you are to focus solely on serving Minnesota‘s 5th congressional district, not LIBELING Catholic high school students. https://t.co/Ryi90By4KA
— Alana Mastrangelo (@ARmastrangelo) January 23, 2019
Hi @IlhanMN here’s a fact-check:
• The 1 boy who said that was not with the Covington Catholic group
• The 5 Black men called the boys f*ggots, crackers, racially taunted a Black boy, the boys didn’t retaliate
• Show us one racist chant on video from the boys, there isn’t one— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) January 23, 2019
The militant black supremacist lunatics who call themselves the Black Hebrew Israelites are a well known hate group, FYI. I’m sure you have a lot in common with them.
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) January 23, 2019
Your first two bullets are lies, and even if they weren’t this is your criteria making it ok to send children and mothers death threats?🤦♂️
In America we don’t view death threats as an acceptable norm.
— Keith Barrett (@KeithBarrett) January 23, 2019
You’re a liar.
Hebrew Israelites to students:
– “child-molesting f*ggots”
– “dirty a** crackers”
– “dusty a** crackers
– “racist bastards” (same people calling students dirty crackers 🤔)
– Oh, and they called other black people ‘n***ers’Honestly, how are you this shameless?
— Chet Cannon (@Chet_Cannon) January 23, 2019
A reply to Omar’s tweet, made by attorney Robert Barnes, made it clear that a lawsuit may be in her future.
This is libel. Retract, or get sued. https://t.co/18DO7vHOLN
— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) January 23, 2019
Sometime mid-Wednesday morning, Omar deleted the tweet, with no apology or retraction statement.
Barnes, working pro bono, has been retained by several Covington families and others to pursue lawsuits against the “verified bullies” who defamed and slandered the teen boys on Twitter and in the media. Robert Barnes made an appearance on Fox & Friends today and explained the planned lawsuit.
CJ Pearson, a young conservative personality on Twitter and Facebook, working with others (including Ali Alexander, Mike Cernovich and Jack Posobiec), has led the charge to gather the hateful smears, threats and attacks against the Covington boys. His response to Omar’s tweet may have also helped to persuade the freshman congresswoman to delete her tweet.
She doesn’t know what’s coming, @Barnes_Law. https://t.co/5dNna7ke3y
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) January 23, 2019
Pearson and the others have worked tirelessly to assist the Covington families during these horrific attacks on their characters and names. A GoFundMe campaign was launched, originally to help with fees and other expenses accrued with the planned defamation lawsuit. However, a private donor came forward to cover all those expenses. The Covington families have decided to donate the full GoFundMe campaign donations to Students for Life – the largest pro-life youth organization in the United States.
In just under 5 hours, we’ve raised almost 50% of our $50,000 goal.
This money will be donated to @StudentsforLife – the nation’s largest student pro-life organization – in the name of the #CovingtonBoys.
Let’s knock this out of the park, guys.https://t.co/3iEczJFl92
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) January 23, 2019
Despite continued attempts to smear, defame and destroy the Covington boys and their families, it looks like good may come out of this in the end.
Featured photo credit: Linda Sarsour, Facebook