Dems Rage After House Boots Ilhan Omar From Foreign Affairs Committee

Ilhan Omar Ousted From House Committee - Dems Outraged!

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House Democrats reacted angrily Wednesday after the GOP-led chamber removed Rep. Ilhan Omar from its Foreign Affairs Committee, claiming the move was motivated by โ€œwhite supremacyโ€ rather than the lawmakerโ€™s previous anti-Semitic remarks.

โ€œRepublicans are waging a blatantly Islamophobic and racist attack on Congresswoman Omar, and Iโ€™ve said it before Iโ€™ll say it again: The white supremacy happening is unbelievable,โ€ Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) said at a press conference after Omar (D-Minn.) was booted from the committee.

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Six past statements by Omar were highlighted by the GOP to justify her removal, including one made during a 2021 committee hearing in which she compared Israel to terrorist groups Hamas and the Taliban.

The vote drew comparisons to Democrat-led moves in the previous Congress to remove Reps. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) for their own harsh comments. When Republicans won the majority last month, they restored them to committees.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) of the Bronx and Queens, however, slammed the action as โ€œracist and instigation of violence against women of color.โ€ Omar, one of the Houseโ€™s two Muslim women, was born in Somalia.

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โ€œDonโ€™t tell me this is about consistency; donโ€™t tell me that this is about a condemnation of anti-Semitic remarks,โ€ the firebrand Democrat said. โ€œThis is about targeting women of color in the United States of America.โ€

AOC also termed the decision a โ€œcontinuationโ€ of the โ€œdisgusting legacies left by 9/11โ€ฆ the targeting and prejudice of Muslim Americans across the United States of America.โ€

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), another member of โ€œThe Squadโ€ of nine Democratic House members on the far left, appeared upset as she spoke in favor of Omar, telling her, โ€œYou belong on this committee.โ€

โ€œCongresswoman Omar, I am so sorry that our country is failing you today through the chamber,โ€ Tlaib said.

While House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) supported the proposal to remove Omar from the committee, he also stated that she was welcome to serve on other committees. He further denied that the decision was made as a โ€œtit-for-tatโ€ retaliation for the expulsion of Gosar and Taylor-Greene by Democrats.

โ€œWeโ€™re not removing her from other committees; we just donโ€™t think she should serve on Foreign Affairs, especially given the responsibility of that post around the world and your comments.โ€