Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., accused Democrats of “enabling” anti-Semitism for failing to explicitly condemn recent comments by freshman Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar in a recent congressional vote.
House Democrats initially agreed to vote on a bill explicitly condemning anti-Semitism after Omar questioned the “the political influence in this country that says it is okay to push for allegiance to a foreign country” in reference to Israel, comments that were panned by a bipartisan chorus for parroting the anti-Semitic trope about Jews having a dual loyalty.in response to other comments by Omar.
Cheney joined with 22 other Republicans to vote against the resolution, arguing that while she opposes all hate, the resolution was too divorced from the specific controversy over Omar's comments.earlier this month by arguing that being opposed to the current Israeli government’s policies “is not the same as being anti-Semitic” and that she had apologized for previous controversial comments.
Asked about Democratic divides, Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown pointed to how Republicans respond to the president. “They don’t have divisions. They've all followed his racist actions and betrayal of workers — they follow it like lemmings off the cliff.”
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