When Belief Meets Power!

Her words had impact because they offered no easy reconciliation, no moral loophole, no escape hatch. She acknowledged a deeply unsettling truth: that even when harm is believed to be real, political figures may still prioritize defeating a perceived greater threat over full accountability.

Omar didn’t say Reade was lying or minimize the allegation. She believed it but still planned to vote for Biden. This distinction matters. It removed the illusion that supporting a candidate means absolving them of wrongdoing.

What Omar conveyed was not hypocrisy but triage. In her view, voting was less about moral endorsement and more about risk management. The ballot isn’t a declaration of purity but a tool used under pressure, within a system that rarely offers clear choices. Every option involves harm. The question is which harm feels more survivable.

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