Corrected 3:50 p.m. | Over Democratic cries of hypocrisy and “revenge”-seeking, House Republicans on Thursday stripped one of the chamber’s few Muslim female lawmakers of a coveted committee assignment, arguing some past comments she uttered were laced with antisemitism.
In a party-line vote, the House approved a resolution, 218-211, to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
As a freshman member in 2019, Omar appeared at different points on social media and in public remarks to refer to the influence in U.S. politics of money from wealthy Jewish Americans, a common antisemitic trope. Many House Democrats strongly objected at the time. Omar apologized and the caucus has largely moved on since then — but not House Republicans.
