GOP Ousted Ilhan Omar From Powerful Foreign Affairs House Committee

[RAMROD 117,156]

 

Republicans have ousted Democrat Ilhan Omar from her committee post in a sign of escalating tensions in the US Congress.

They voted to remove Ms Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee over her past comments about Israel.

Republicans said the move sent a strong statement against antisemitism.

But Democrats and Ms Omar said it was revenge after two Republicans were ousted from committees in 2020 when Democrats held a House majority.

Ms Omar also suggested she was being removed because she is a Muslim woman who immigrated to the US as a refugee.
 

Republicans secured a majority in the House of Representatives following the midterm elections in November, and members voted along party lines to remove Ms Omar on Thursday.

She is one of three high-profile Democrats to lose a committee assignment under the new House majority, which is led by Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Some Republicans - including Mr McCarthy - argued Ms Omar should not serve on the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee owing to her past comments about Israel that have, at times, been criticised by members from both parties.

Ms Omar apologised in 2019 for implying money was behind support for Israel. 

Then-Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi condemned Ms Omar's comments as antisemitic as they invoked bigoted stereotypes about Jewish people using money for influence.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64493018.amp

[doraemon 1,145]

IT'S A REVENGE!!

[ALGAYDO 35,148]

She didn’t say anything anti-Semitic, just anti-Israel-government. 
 

also funny how the republicans are clutching their pearls at her statement, the pot calling the kettle black 

[Guillaume Hamon 6,997]

3 hours ago, RAMROD said:

Ms Omar apologised in 2019 for implying money was behind support for Israel. 

There was nothing to apologize for.

Supports are often bought, rarely given. The support Israel gets is so intense that the money option is clearly a possibility.

 

[ALittleMonsta 1,529]

I wish I could move to another place so I don't have to keep having to hear all these controversies about my country