Breaking: The House overwhelmingly approved a resolution condemning hate speech, in an indirect rebuke of Rep. Ilhan Omar's controversial comments about Israel
The House overwhelmingly approved a resolution condemning hate speech, in an indirect rebuke of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s controversial comments about Israel.The debate over how to respond to Omar’s remarks, which have been criticized as anti-Semitic by some colleagues, has sharply divided the Democratic Caucus.
The resolution hit another snag Thursday afternoon, just ahead of the vote, as lawmakers from minority groups, including the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, lobbied Democratic leaders for broader language to address their own communities. "It’s not about her. It’s about these forms of hatred," Pelosi told reporters at her weekly press conference Thursday.
The controversy surrounding Omar, a freshman Democrat from Minnesota, has exposed sharp divides within the Democratic caucus along generational and ideological lines. And it‘s clear the conflict was still roiling the caucus Thursday as Democratic leaders prepared to move toward a vote. “Anti-Semitism is worthy of being taken seriously on its own, it’s worthy of being singularly called out,” Deutch continued. “Any attack must be condemned when it’s based on hatred. But when a colleague invokes classic anti-Semitic lies three times, then this body must condemn that anti-Semitism.”
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