OMAR OUT: Some People Do Something and Oust Ilhan Omar From House Foreign Affairs Committee

The House voted to kick Minnesota on Thursday Democrat Ilhan Omar off the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a decision that Republicans vowed to take because of Omar’s history of anti-Semitic and anti-American remarks.

After a heated debate, Democrats accused Republicans hypocrisy and racism. They claimed that the GOP was only policing Democrats because of their questionable behavior. Omar and other Democrats have openly accused Republicans for racism.

“I am Muslim, I am an immigration, and interestingly, from Africa,” Omar said. “Is anyone surprised that I am being targeted? Is anyone surprised that I am somehow deemed unworthy to speak about American foreign policy, or that they see me as a powerful voice that needs to be silenced.”

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Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee due to her antisemitic history.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezD-N.Y. rejected GOP claims that they were being “consistent” with past practices by seeking Omar’s dismissal.

“Consistency? There is nothing consistent with the Republican Party’s continued attack, except for the racism and incitement of violence against women of color in this body,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “This is about targeting women of color in the United States of America.”

“Why is this member being targeted today?” Gregory Meeks, D.N.Y. “Could it be the way that she looks? Could it be the way her religious practices? Because it’s clear if she were on the other side of the aisle, we would not be having this debate today.”

But Republicans said Omar’s past comments make her unsuitable to sit on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

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Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) said that she heard Omar’s antisemitic comments in committee.
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Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.), who chairs the House Ethics Committee said that Republicans only follow the rules. “roadmap previously approved” by the Democrat controlled 117th Congress, which Democrats used in order to remove a Republican representative from all House committees.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., said she has seen Omar’s anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism firsthand.

“As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, I’ve sat there and heard the representative actually spew anti-American rhetoric as well,” Malliotakis spoke of Omar. “I’ve been in that committee room where the representative equates Israel and the United States to Hamas and the Taliban. Absolutely unacceptable for a member of that committee.”

In the resolution, which was four pages long, Republicans explained why Omar was removed from the committee. In the resolution, it states that Omar suggested in 2019 that Jewish people were purchasing U.S. political support. “It’s all about the Benjamins, baby,” which struck many – including many Democrats – as an anti-Semitic trope.

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Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez(D-N.Y.), defended Omar at the floor on Thursday.
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Omar also accused Jewish Americans having been abused. “allegiance to a foreign country,” Republicans and Democrats reacted with anger, claiming that it was anti-Semitic and offensive to suggest that Israel support is the same as a foreign allegiance.

Omar described the attacks on 9/11 in the U.S.A that killed nearly 3000 people a month later as: “some people did something.” Malliotakis stated that this line was particularly egregious for lawmakers from New York. “unacceptable” Any member of the committee may speak.

Omar calls Israel an in 2021 “apartheid state,” We lumped the U.S.A. and Israel with Hamas or the Taliban as political entities that have committed crimes. “unthinkable atrocities.”

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According to the resolution, members of the Foreign Affairs Committee must be held accountable for their actions. “equal standard of conduct due to the international sensitivities and national security concerns under the jurisdiction of this committee.”

“Representative Omar, by her own words, has disqualified herself from serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, a panel that is viewed by nations around the world as speaking for Congress on matters of international importance and national security,” It was.

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