Omeish Returns
Esam Omeish is running for the Democratic nomination to succeed Delegate Steve Shannon, who is running for Attorney General. Hmmmm, where does that name sound familiar from.
OH! Now I remember! From Garren Shipley:
Omeish, the president of the Muslim American Society at the time, came into the political limelight nearly two years ago after he was appointed to the Commission on Immigration by Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine.
The appointment didn’t sit well with Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Woodstock, a fellow member of the commission. The society was too closely connected the Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian group that gave rise to Hamas, for his taste. Gilbert wrote to Kaine and asked him to reconsider the appointment.
A spokesman for the governor at the time dismissed Gilbert’s concerns as “innuendo, moving dangerously close to slander,” and challenged Gilbert to offer proof. Omeish resigned less than a day later, after online videos came to light in which Omeish accused Israel of genocide against Palestinians and exhorted Muslims to “the jihad way.”
I realize that the Virginia General Assembly has precious little to do with foreign affairs, but do we really want someone who has so openly and viscerally denounced one of our key allies in the War on Terror?
