House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters that a resolution condemning anti-Semitism set to come to a vote this week will be updated to include language condemning anti-Muslim bias as well
Pelosi announced the update along with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer during a meeting of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, according to a Democratic aide. The resolution is now more likely to come to the House floor for a vote on Thursday rather than Wednesday, the aide said.The announcement comes as Democrats face pressure to both condemn controversial comments by freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and defend her from anti-Muslim rhetoric.
" The congresswoman called on Omar"to retract this statement," and added that"Anti-Semitic tropes that accuse Jews of dual loyalty ... must also be roundly condemned."Engel said in a statement that it is"unacceptable and deeply offensive to call into question the loyalty of fellow American citizens because of their political views, including support for the U.S.-Israel relationship.
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