All six elected House Democratic leaders, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, issued a joint rebuke of Rep. Ilhan Omar after the Minnesota Democrat compared war crimes committed by the U.S. and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban
All six elected House Democratic leaders, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, issued a joint rebuke of Rep. Ilhan Omar on Thursday after the Minnesota Democrat compared war crimes committed by the U.S. and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban.
“The constant harassment & silencing from the signers of this letter is unbearable,” Omar tweeted, calling out what she described as “Islamophohobic tropes” in their statement. “It’s shameful for colleagues who call me when they need my support to now put out a statement asking for ‘clarification' and not just call.”
But the group of Jewish Democrats speaking out against Omar's comments have not specifically called for a floor vote on the matter, as a bigger cross-section of the caucus did in 2019, according to several sources familiar with the conversations. Rather, her Democratic colleagues took issue with her "false equivalencies" between the U.S. and Israel on one hand, and Hamas and the Taliban on the other. The criticalfrom 12 Democrats, led by Rep. Brad Schneider , rebukes Omar’s comments during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Monday, when she asked Secretary of State Antony Blinken about a International Criminal Court probe of allegations against both the Taliban and the U.S.
A spokesperson for Schneider said Omar did not attempt to call him, and doesn't know about attempts to reach other members. The spokesperson also confirmed that Democrats signing the statement do not call her actions antisemitic. Many Democrats, however, reject the comparison of Greene to Omar. And one of Omar's allies in the progressive alliance known as "the Squad" came to her defense Thursday morning.
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