WASHINGTON: United States House of Representatives Republic on subversion Thursday Democrat Ilhan Omar from a high-profile committee on widely denounced anti-Semitic remarks, two years after Democrats removed two Republicans from the committee’s duties.
The deeply divided House of Representatives voted 218-211 by partisanship to remove Omar from the Foreign Relations Committee with Republicans citing 2019 remarks she later apologized for. One Republican voted “present”.
Omar, who came to the United States as a refugee from Somalia, is the only African-American member of Congress and one of the only Muslim women in the House. She’s fit to be the top Democrat on the foreign affairs council’s Africa subcommittee.
Immediately after the vote, the Democratic Leader in the House of Representatives Hakeem Jeffries made a rebuttal move, announcing that he intends to appoint Omar to a Budget Committee seat “where she will defend Democratic Party values ​​against right-wing extremism.”
Republicans, who won a tight majority in the House in November’s election after years in a minority, said they want Omar, a third-term House member, to leave the State Department. delivered because of statements including a 2019 tweet that read, “It’s all about baby Benjamins,” suggesting that Israel’s supporters in US politics are motivated by money rather than principles.
Benjamin Franklin, whose signature on the Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the US Constitution of 1787 brought him fame as the founder, is featured on the $100 bill.
During the debate, Republican Mike Lawler said, “Words matter, rhetoric matters. It leads to harm. Congresswoman must be held accountable for her words and actions.”
Omar and other Democrats say any such remarks were made years ago and Omar deleted the posts and apologized at the time.
Moments before the House of Commons expelled her from the committee, Omar defiantly said: “My leadership and voice will not be diminished if I am not on this committee… my voice. will get bigger and bigger.”
In the past, Omar has said that US forces and the forces of other countries are held accountable to the same standard when their actions hurt or kill civilians.
The subversion, led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, was seen by Democrats as retaliation for their vote in 2021 to remove Republicans Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar from the seats. duties on their committee after the inciting remarks.
In 2021, Greene compared the requirements for masks and COVID-19 vaccinations to the Nazi Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews. She finally apologized. Ahead of the 2020 congressional election, she spoke out about baseless conspiracy theories, including anti-Semitic claims that space lasers could have been used to intentionally cause an explosion. California wildfires.
Gosar posted a video on social media showing him appearing to kill another member of the House, Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Omar and Ocasio-Cortez originally comprised half of the group of Progressive Democrats elected in 2018, who were known as “The Squad” and included Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib. The movement has since evolved.
McCarthy assigned committee duties to both Greene and Gosar as well as George Santos, a newly elected representative who admitted to fabricating much of his background, although Santos had temporarily relinquited those duties. that case while working to clear up his ethical questions.
Before the vote, Jeffries told reporters that Democrats condemned Omar’s “Benjamins” remarks.
“There was accountability. Ilhan Omar apologized. She has indicated that she will learn from her mistakes” and is “building bridges” with the Jewish community. It’s about political revenge.”
McCarthy previously turned down the duties of Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell to the House’s Permanent Selective Intelligence Committee. Both played key roles in the impeachment of former Republican President Donald Trump.
The deeply divided House of Representatives voted 218-211 by partisanship to remove Omar from the Foreign Relations Committee with Republicans citing 2019 remarks she later apologized for. One Republican voted “present”.
Omar, who came to the United States as a refugee from Somalia, is the only African-American member of Congress and one of the only Muslim women in the House. She’s fit to be the top Democrat on the foreign affairs council’s Africa subcommittee.
Immediately after the vote, the Democratic Leader in the House of Representatives Hakeem Jeffries made a rebuttal move, announcing that he intends to appoint Omar to a Budget Committee seat “where she will defend Democratic Party values ​​against right-wing extremism.”
Republicans, who won a tight majority in the House in November’s election after years in a minority, said they want Omar, a third-term House member, to leave the State Department. delivered because of statements including a 2019 tweet that read, “It’s all about baby Benjamins,” suggesting that Israel’s supporters in US politics are motivated by money rather than principles.
Benjamin Franklin, whose signature on the Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the US Constitution of 1787 brought him fame as the founder, is featured on the $100 bill.
During the debate, Republican Mike Lawler said, “Words matter, rhetoric matters. It leads to harm. Congresswoman must be held accountable for her words and actions.”
Omar and other Democrats say any such remarks were made years ago and Omar deleted the posts and apologized at the time.
Moments before the House of Commons expelled her from the committee, Omar defiantly said: “My leadership and voice will not be diminished if I am not on this committee… my voice. will get bigger and bigger.”
In the past, Omar has said that US forces and the forces of other countries are held accountable to the same standard when their actions hurt or kill civilians.
The subversion, led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, was seen by Democrats as retaliation for their vote in 2021 to remove Republicans Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar from the seats. duties on their committee after the inciting remarks.
In 2021, Greene compared the requirements for masks and COVID-19 vaccinations to the Nazi Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews. She finally apologized. Ahead of the 2020 congressional election, she spoke out about baseless conspiracy theories, including anti-Semitic claims that space lasers could have been used to intentionally cause an explosion. California wildfires.
Gosar posted a video on social media showing him appearing to kill another member of the House, Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Omar and Ocasio-Cortez originally comprised half of the group of Progressive Democrats elected in 2018, who were known as “The Squad” and included Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib. The movement has since evolved.
McCarthy assigned committee duties to both Greene and Gosar as well as George Santos, a newly elected representative who admitted to fabricating much of his background, although Santos had temporarily relinquited those duties. that case while working to clear up his ethical questions.
Before the vote, Jeffries told reporters that Democrats condemned Omar’s “Benjamins” remarks.
“There was accountability. Ilhan Omar apologized. She has indicated that she will learn from her mistakes” and is “building bridges” with the Jewish community. It’s about political revenge.”
McCarthy previously turned down the duties of Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell to the House’s Permanent Selective Intelligence Committee. Both played key roles in the impeachment of former Republican President Donald Trump.
