Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said Democrats in Congress were 'enabling' anti-Semitism with a recent vote that didn't specifically condemn Rep. Omar.
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said Democrats in Congress were"enabling" anti-Semitism with a recent vote that didn't specifically condemn recent comments from Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar.
The Wisconsin lawmaker said on NBC's"Meet the Press" that the resolution passed in the House that broadly condemned all forms of hate was an effort to"protect" Omar. Top Democrats were among the lawmakers who immediately pushed back against Omar's tweet that accused pro-Israel lawmakers of pushing"for allegiance to a foreign country."
Other Republican lawmakers have defended their votes against the resolution, saying that though they condemn all forms of hate, the resolution was irrelevant because it doesn't specifically name Omar's comments. Republican Rep. Liz Cheney slammed Democrats in Congress for a recent congressional vote that she said"enabled" anti-Semitism when lawmakers didn't specifically condemn recent
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