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House Votes to Remove Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee over Antisemitic Remarks |
2023-02-02 |
![]() The House of Representatives voted Thursday to remove Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee over her history of making antisemitic remarks. The resolution, which passed 218—211 largely along party lines, was introduced by Representative Max Miller (R., Ohio.), one of two Jewish Republicans in the House. "Omar 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," he said in announcing the resolution. Omar "cannot be an objective decision-maker on the Foreign Affairs Committee given her biases against Israel and against the Jewish people," Miller added. Omar has made several antisemitic comments throughout her career. Before entering public office, in 2012, Omar tweeted that "Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel." Although Omar apologized for the comments, she has subsequently made additional antisemitic remarks. |
Posted by:Frank G |
#12 The resolution, which passed 218—211 largely along party lines, If by that you mean 'all Dems voted for her and all Repubs voted against', then yeah, I guess that's how it went down. Fuckin' jagoffs... |
Posted by: Raj 2023-02-02 17:22 |
#11 He has facilitated more judge confirmations for Biden than he did Trump. I used to have mixed feelings about him. Now I feel mostly nauseous. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2023-02-02 16:19 |
#10 He kept Garland off SCROTUS, which gives me mixed feelings. |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-02 14:57 |
#9 The Turtle works for Schumer. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2023-02-02 14:52 |
#8 So it took the falsely called RACIST Conservatives to address her frequent racist remarks. Despite her being widely accepted and honored in the news and the house. |
Posted by: NN2N1 2023-02-02 14:52 |
#7 Scott and Lee are GOPe, but to the right of Droopy, Pierre, Murky and a few others. Not exactly a wonderful position. |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-02 14:52 |
#6 A company that I worked for had on staff a truck driver nicknamed the Crocodile Hunter that nobody liked. He wore a stupid hat, talked incessantly and was condescending. The dispatcher used to send him to cover deliveries at customer locations were they delayed our drivers or otherwise treated them unfairly. Crocodile was the dispatcher’s undeclared punishment. He was banned by several customers. I think Swallwell will be named to replace Omar. He is their Crocodile Hunter. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2023-02-02 14:49 |
#5 Murder Turtle kicked Rick Scott and Mike Lee off Senate Commerce Comittee. |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-02 14:47 |
#3 They will likely replace her with Talib, unless she is already included on the Committee. It will be someone equally detestable. The Dems have a strong bench in that regard. Swalwell’s calendar is pretty open. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2023-02-02 14:12 |
#2 I suspect she has multiple deportation strikes against her. But Washington rulez... |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-02-02 13:52 |
#1 To bad they can't remove her from our country. |
Posted by: DarthVader 2023-02-02 13:50 |