'I do not actually think that he has a reason outside of me being Muslim and thinking I should not be,' the congresswoman said. 'If you look at the comments from Republicans, it's precisely for only that reason.'
"As Jewish-American organizations, we oppose Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy's pledge to strip Rep. Ilhan Omar of her House Foreign Affairs Committee seat based on false accusations that she is antisemitic or anti-Israel. We may not agree with some of Congresswoman Omar's opinions, but we categorically reject the suggestion that any of her policy positions or statements merit disqualification from her role on the committee," the groups said.
Responding to McCarthy's threat, Sumayyah Waheed, senior policy counsel at Washington, D.C.-based Muslim Advocates,that "as crude and as cynical as it is for the nativist factions in our government, targeting Muslims is reliably good politics." "By stripping Rep. Omar of her committees, McCarthy kills two birds with one stone: He attempts to silence an effective, principled voice on the Foreign Affairs Committee, and he stokes the ugly culture of anti-Muslim hate for cheap political points," she added.
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