Rule of law = reality, rule of mob = perception

"Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., claims that on Sunday when she sent out multiple tweets decrying the nefarious influence of Jewish money in American politics that she had no idea she was spreading anti-Semitism until she subsequently learned about the implications of her statements. That might have been a more compelling excuse if it weren't for the fact that she used the exact same one last month, when explaining an earlier anti-Semitic tweet." Washington Examiner

My first response on Facebook:

You know the playbook. Say something outrageous and offensive, but in your extreme agenda. Apologize. Wait a few months, rephrase, lather, rinse, repeat. Eventually people stop complaining, say it louder, eventually it becomes policy. 

Say, hows that agreement to clean up the text books in Saudi Arabia going? Jus askin

https://www.nbcnews.com/…/saudi-school-textbooks-violence-a…

And her perceptors are front page news, which greatly speeds up the cycle.