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.
What's nice about being a Dem is that no one will hold you accountable for what you have said when proven wrong. The media will never question him when proven wrong. Which, I think, has already happened...
All the way. He's the poster child for the incel cuck.
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Why would they, she's highly knowledgeable on the middle east and belongs on the foreign relations committee. One day maybe she can represent us at the UN, she'd fit in.
Then if only they moved the UN to Afghanistan or Ghaza, she’d fit in even better. I bet her panicked screeching won’t be half as bad as the rest of them.
Freedoms like borders belong to those that defend them.
And she just b-slapped Pelosi. She’s a gift that never stops giving.
Yep, I am flabbergasted that Jewish people still overwhelmingly vote Democrat.
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Unless you personally know ever single Somalian here, you might want to rethink that statement. The Lord God made us all, even the Cretians in Titus 2:10-16.
Evidence to substantiate that allegation, please? If it’s true, show the evidence.
Thank you: I value specific *evidence*.
Answer is patently obvious of course.
Barack Hussein Obama the Turd. " The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam."
Y/V/W.
Your statement has nothing to do with the fact that they are here and not assimilating. They have their own country.
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