Posted on 05/10/2019 11:18:40 AM PDT by 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, shes 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 Venezuelas rightful interim president.
The country is currently undergoing a severe food and medicine shortage as Venezuelas 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.
I totally agree, she doesnt deserve to be in Congress and her constituents that voted her in have rocks in their heads.
I can’t look at Slash Mouth Talib without thinking that her ugly maw begs for a good solid punch!
“Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has no place on the House Foreign Affairs Committee...”
Or anywhere - except shipped back to wherever WITH her husband/brother. *SPIT*
Good Lord, People! Not only is the Camel’s Nose under the tent - it’s in our CONGRESS!
How SICKENED our Founding Fathers would be! Many of them wrote about the EVILS that is Islam TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO!
You nailed it as always. Stop depressing me! ;)
She should be killed, stripped naked, and dragged through the streets.
(Skinnies dig that)
If he had posted any thing like that on social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) he would be banned or silenced and his followers deleted as what happened to David Horowitz in the past few days. Oh, yeah, the censors may apologize but in the meantime you have no followers.
Omar needs to be removed from US with her kin.
Her constituents are other Somalis.
The fact that they are here and they vote is terrifying and awful.
I heard a soundbite of her spitting out the words contemptuously "the current occupant of the White House."
She and those like her are really close to remorselessly calling for assassinations next.
The venom in her voice when she referred to OUR President that way was disturbing.
You're correct...In videos when she pulls that kind of stunt it's plain to see she really enjoys it, she's a pit viper.
Always good to talk with you, my brother.
Even now, I don’t think most the Dems understand the danger Omar and Company represent to America. This is far bigger than just promoting someone that President Trump disapproves of. Too many Democrats are stuck into that wasteful tit-for-tat mode of thinking, and at their own detriment.
The more aware and realistic of them are too afraid to speak up. Therefore that timid silence will be equated with consent for more progressive, Socialist tactics.
Imagine the intel she’s passing to... ..the Awans.
Who, then? IYHO
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Someone we haven’t recognized yet. There can never be another person like Trump - we all know that, but at least someone we can reasonably convince ourselves isn’t corrupt, isn’t playing us, and isn’t lying to us.
There are several members of Congress who seem determined to follow in the footsteps of the President and speak the truth. Maybe they’ll be mature enough in six years... who knows, or more likely it’s someone that we don’t know yet.
Until W said that about Putin, I had no idea that W was blind as hell...........
Ship the hatemonger shead back to her shole.
Pence is being too kind. She should be removed from our country.
Either protect and defend the Constitution, as written, or get the hell out.
HOORAY Mike Pence!
Trump says nice things about bad people a lot. But that's just his style of speaking and of dealing with people. It doesn't really mean anything, as we can clearly see now with his tough stance on Russia.
He actually had me concerned during the campaign when he repeatedly flattered Putin. In fact, it wasn't until the VP debate when Pence laid out the team's true sentiments about the Russian dictator that I realized they would be solid on that matter.
I recall very well Trump saying at one point around that time, words to the effect, "Boy, did I learn a LOT in this past week".
Not entirely sure of the timing of the comment, but I strongly suspect he was referring to the following security briefing, his first.
I'd bet anything that VP Pence, and others, had really clued him in on Putin and Russia.
I'm going to try and see if I can find precisely where and when he made that remark, so I can be put into context. Makes sense, I suppose, for him not to want say it directly and openly that it was in regards to Russia. See below...
"In March 2016, he [Paul Manafort] joined Trumps presidential campaign...
In August 2016, Manaforts connections to former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his pro-Russian Party of Regions drew national attention in the US, where it was reported that Manafort may have received $12.7 million in off-the-books funds from the Party of Regions.[56]
On August 17, 2016, Donald Trump received his first security briefing.[57]
The same day, August 17, Trump shook up his campaign organization in a way that appeared to minimize Manaforts role.
It was reported that members of Trumps family, particularly Jared Kushner who had originally been a strong backer of Manafort, had become uneasy about his Russian connections and suspected that he had not been forthright about them.[58]..."Trump announced his acceptance of Manaforts resignation from the campaign after Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway took on senior leadership roles within that campaign.[60][61]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Manafort#Chairman_of_Donald_Trumps_2016_campaign
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