House Speaker Nancy Pelosi downplayed the divide growing in the Democratic Party despite members of the 'Squad' attacking her leadership.
leadership won't take further against against Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. over a controversial tweet that asserted the U.S. and Israel, like Hamas and the Taliban, were guilty of"unthinkable atrocities."from both sides of the aisle and said she didn't mean to equate the U.S. and Israel with the terrorist groups.
"I think that she clarified her remarks and we accept that, and she has a point that she wanted to make and she has a right to make that point," Pelosi said."There's some unease about how it was interpreted."The Speaker’s actions are certainly not going to sit well with some GOP House members who were already warning Pelosi about a double standard.
– just as Democrats earlier this year pushed to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., from her committee assignments after making controversial comments.
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