Pence calls for Omar to be removed from House Foreign Affairs committee

The Hill ^ | May 10, 2019 | Tal Axelrod

[jazusamo]

Vice President Pence renewed his calls on Friday for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to be removed from her post on the House Foreign Affairs Committee over her comments about Israel and Venezuela.

“Ilhan Omar has made statements, anti-Semitic comments against our most cherished ally, Israel, that ought to be rejected by every American," Pence said in an interview on Fox News.

"And frankly the fact that very recently, she’s been trying to blame the United States of America for the deprivation and the poverty brought on by the dictatorship in Venezuela tells me … Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has no place on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Democratic leadership ought to remove her,” he added.

The rookie lawmaker has been a frequent target of Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

Omar first sparked criticism earlier this year for making statements some viewed as being anti-Semitic in nature. In since-deleted tweets, she suggested that U.S. support for Israel was the result of funds from pro-Israel lobbying groups and wrote that such donations pushed “for allegiance to a foreign country.”

Critics widely condemned Omar's remarks for what they said played on anti-Semitic tropes. The congresswoman later apologized for the comments, which prompted the House to pass a sweeping anti-hate measure.

“Anti-Semitism has no place in the United States Congress, much less the Foreign Affairs Committee,” Pence said in February. “Those who engage in anti-Semitic tropes should not just be denounced, they should face consequences for their words.”

Omar again drew Republicans' criticism when she partly blamed U.S. policies for the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela earlier this month.

“A lot of the policies that we have put in place has kind of helped lead the devastation in Venezuela,” the Minnesota Democrat told the "Democracy Now!" news program. “This particular bullying and the use of sanctions to eventually intervene and make regime change really does not help the people of countries like Venezuela, and it certainly does not help and is not in the interest of the United States.”

The administration has ramped up sanctions against associates and interests of President Nicolás Maduro during his protracted leadership dispute with opposition leader Juan Guaidó, whom the U.S. and other countries recognize as Venezuela’s rightful interim president.

The country is currently undergoing a severe food and medicine shortage as Venezuela’s economy continues to crumble.

“As Venezuelans take to the streets to stand for their freedom against an oppressive dictator, Democrat Congresswoman @IlhanMN chooses socialism over freedom,” Pence tweeted shortly after. “The Trump Administration stands with the freedom-loving people of Venezuela.”

The Hill has reached out to Omar's office for comment.

[ETL]

BS. Not even close. Bush was weak. Didn't know squat about foreign affairs, or foreign threats. He was dumb. Pence is anything but.

You'd never hear him talk about KGB Putin like Pence does.

Mike Pence on Putin and Russia:

(from the VP debate on Oct 5, 2016)

“When Donald Trump and I observe that, as I’ve said, in Syria, in Iran, in Ukraine, that the small and bullying leader of Russia has been stronger on the world stage than this administration, that’s stating painful facts. That’s not an endorsement of Vladimir Putin — that’s an indictment of the weak and feckless leadership of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.” ..."

What we’re dealing with is the — you know, there’s an old proverb that says the Russian bear never dies, it just hibernates.

And the truth of the matter is, the weak and feckless foreign policy of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has awakened an aggression in Russia that first appeared a few years ago with their move in Georgia, now their move into Crimea, now their move into the wider Middle East.

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"I looked the man in the eye.
I found him very straightforward and trustworthy –
I was able to get a sense of his soul."

[bert]

Well nancy......... besides showing us your teeth, whatcha gonna do?

[Concentrate]

Which is why the actual moderates don’t report. Would you?

[leopud]

“...She should have no power over Americans. None.”
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Well said.

[caww]

"Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has no place on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Democratic

leadership ought to remove her." .... VP Pence!....

[M Kehoe]

If I were Omar, Occasional-Cortex or Rahib, I would shut my mouth and hope my ignorance will eventually be forgotten.

Prediction. Not.

5.56mm

[Concentrate]

So-called moderates never complain. That’s because it is a Mafia and a religion combined. Please get this!

[jazusamo]

I agree.

They’re not only idiots, they’re on a mission and they ain’t gonna give up.

[Concentrate]

Never.

[leopud]

Good point

[unixfox]

She has no business being in the United States!!

[a little elbow grease]

She is disloyal to the United States.

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Much like Obama.

[leopud]

[ “...If I were Omar, Occasional-Cortex or Rahib, I would shut my mouth...”]
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These 3 are mouthpieces of their handlers...

[DoughtyOne]

I agree.

[kaehurowing]

She is disloyal to the United States.
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Much like Obama.

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Much in common

[Candor7]

Atta go VP Pence!

Omar has not observed her oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States . Not only should she be removed from Committee, she should be expelled from Congress.

Let her go work for the terrorist organization CAIR.

[Ken Regis]

Who, then? IYHO

[jazusamo]

I agree...She’s not working for the people of our country but working against us.

[TigersEye]

L’il Mz Bomb Vest has no place on American soil. Period!

[Jim W N]

Democratic leadership

An oxymoron if I've ever seen one.