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Congress and Polarization Continue Colliding

The controversy surrounding Omar also highlights how Congress itself has become increasingly consumed by symbolic political conflict.

Many modern legislative battles now function simultaneously as:

• policy disputes
• ideological branding
• media spectacles
• social media campaigns

Lawmakers increasingly speak not only to Congress itself, but directly to online audiences and political bases.

As a result, dramatic statements often spread nationally within minutes.

The Omar controversy fits directly into that environment.