Posted on 02/11/2019 5:42:24 PM PST by jazusamo
House Democrats reportedly will not strip Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) of her committee assignments after she apologized for tweets suggesting that American lawmakers were motivated to defend Israel by money.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told Roll Call that "of course" Democrats would not strip Omar of committee assignments like Republicans did to Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa.) after he questioned how terms like "white supremacy" became offensive.
“I don’t think she’s anti-Semitic,” Hoyer reportedly said. “She did apologize. The key will be that when we make a mistake like that, conscious or unconscious, that we don’t repeat it. That will be the proof of the pudding.”
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) also reportedly said he doesn’t think extra action is needed given Omar apologized.
Omar is currently on the House Foreign Affairs, Education and Labor committees.
The freshman lawmaker sparked backlash Sunday when she retweeted journalist Glenn Greenwald responding to a story about House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) promising "action" against her and fellow Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) over their critical views on Israel.
"It's all about the Benjamins baby," Omar tweeted.
Omar then tweeted that the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was paying American politicians to support Israel.
She apologized Monday for using "anti-Semitic tropes, but stood by her criticism of AIPAC.
"At the same time, I reaffirm the problematic role of lobbyists in our politics, whether it be AIPAC, the NRA or the fossil fuel industry. It's gone on too long and we must be willing to address it," Omar wrote.
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (La.) was the only Republican House leader to explicitly call for her to be removed from committee assignments.
"Good that some Dems have condemned the disgraceful anti-Semitic remarks of Rep. Omar — but their words are empty unless Dem leaders remove her from the Foreign Affairs Committee. No one with her anti-Semitic views should be allowed to represent US foreign policy on that committee," he said in a tweet.
The Dems don’t care about her anti-Semitism. They and their R pals can’t abide her tattling that Congress is paid off; can’t have her calling attention to THAT now can we...? Rule One of the Congressional Bribe Club: Don’t spook the herd.
She’s not an anti-Semite, she’s apparently a Trope-ist.
HATE ***IS*** their family value!!!
Whatever the heck their weirdo families look like, like marrying their brother and such.
The democrat party one day soon will be put her on a committee that schedules train rides for Jews to camps.
If they use Amtrak, it will either go to the wrong camp or never get there.
And us. If we if we do not stand up to them as free men/women.
If you are a dimmy you're not even if you hate Jews and want them to die. If you're a Conservative you're a racist, bigot, homophobe by definition.
House Dems aren't sniveling pussies like their GOP counterparts are.
She used a sham marriage to her brother to defraud immigration authorities and should be deported.
Committee assignments deliver the member some big bucks.
To understand the devil, you gotta see clearly one of the the vile creature’s primary objectives is to kill Jews. Where ever there are large populations of Jews, there stands satan working at getting them. In a country like America where Jews have relatively safe harbour and Jew haters were not that numerous and the body politic mostlty pro Israel, the old serpent, the devil thought, ‘If I can’t increase Jew hatred amongst the predominate religio-ethno grouping, I will inject people into the U.S who have the required mindset I want for my task’. Look for more Jew hatred as the U.S imports more moslems and they increasingly become elected politicians.
Thanks! That’s the post of the day in my view.
And I really don’t know how that could happen, Pathetic!
Why this is their policy they just hide it better
Why would they? They appointed Maxine Waters as the Chairman of the powerful and influential House Banking Committee - who has ties to Louis Farrakhan - if she sees him somewhere she gives him a warm embrace. If a Republican hugged someone like David Duke they would probably (and rightfully) be expelled from the House - but Democrats give the equivalent powerful committee chairmanships. Of course not a peep out of this from the media about Waters, but if the latter mentioned above were found out about a Republican, it would be wall to wall media coverage.
She's just saying out loud what the rest of the Demagogic Party supports and believes.
As a friend and supporter of Congressman King, I am outraged. King was falsely accused of being a racist and cowardly McCarthy stripped him of his committee assignments. I called McCarthy’s office twice and I’ll call it again.
The Dims cry, “foul”; but no penalty charged. Omar’s “apology” was sufficient.
^%^&*!!! “I don’t think she’s anti-Semitic.” Good gracious me, bless their hearts
The 2 Muslims are just trying to get some terror attacks going
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