Ilhan Omar made a statement that cut through the usual political noise with rare bluntness. She said she believes Tara Reade’s allegation, and yet she still planned to vote for Joe Biden. In one sentence, she forced a collision between moral conviction and political survival, exposing a contradiction many voters feel but few are willing to articulate publicly.
For years, “believe women” functioned as a moral absolute in progressive politics. It was not meant to be conditional or strategic. It was a corrective to decades of silence, dismissal, and institutional protection of powerful men. Omar’s admission didn’t reject that principle, but it revealed how fragile it becomes when tested against the machinery of electoral politics and the fear of what losing might mean. Continue reading…
