ilhan omar, congresswoman, is under tremendous attack. republicans and the media have blown this up to be much more than it is. ed: well, some on the far left as you can see rallying to support congresswoman ilhan omar following her anti-semitic comments. in fact, some of her biggest backers 2020 presidential hopefuls. emily: here to break down how they handle the controversy is senior writer for the heritage foundation and fellow for the independent women's forum kelsey. thank you for being here this morning. >> good morning, great to be here. emily: break down for viewers how is it that we have some on the left saying it is being blown out of proportion when the comments were so offensive. >> that's a good question. what's interesting is when it comes to the 2020 democrats who are sitting centers all of their responses and statements to these anti-met particular comments were versions of the same things where basically they say we neat tneedto denounce and condemn