Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she sees hypocrisy in Democratic leaders' planned rebuke of Rep. Ilhan Omar over her controversial remarks about Israel
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday said she sees hypocrisy in Democratic leaders' planned rebuke of Rep. Ilhan Omar over her controversial remarks about Israel, adding that Omar shouldn't have been "called out" publicly before the issue was addressed privately.
Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri in January apologized to Rep. Tony Cárdenas for yelling “Go back to Puerto Rico!” during a tense situation on the House floor while the government shutdown was still underway. Smith, however, claimed the remark was not racially motivated and instead was referring to 30-member event in Puerto Rico that occurred during the shutdown, which was heavily covered by conservative media and even drew ire from President Donald Trump.
Following the remark, House Republicans last month pushed a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, although it did not specifically mention Omar. The measure was approved on the floor, and it won over Omar's vote as well. Ocasio-Cortez, who has defended Omar in the past, said on Tuesday that she is not trying to tell people how to feel "or that their hurt is invalid," but questioned why there has not been "resolutions against homophobic statements? For anti-blackness? For xenophobia? For a member saying he’ll 'send Obama home to Kenya?'"
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