Her statement did not ask for forgiveness or approval. It did not demand agreement. It simply laid bare the reality that many political actors navigate quietly: that sometimes the choice is not between right and wrong, but between outcomes that all carry moral injury.
In that sense, Omar’s words were less a defense of Biden than an indictment of the system itself. A system that repeatedly forces voters into corners where ethical consistency becomes impossible. A system where survival instincts override ideals. A system where unresolved harm is often the price of political stability.
