US Sen. Elizabeth Warren defended fellow Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., amid an effort to remove her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, citing her life experience as a refugee and accusing the Republicans to smear her for her earlier comments that some in her own party have called her an anti-Semite.
In a television interview, Omar was discussing the vote to remove her, calling it “politically motivated” and in some cases “motivated by the fact that many of these members don’t believe that a Muslim, a refugee or an African should be in Congress.” “.
In a tweet, Warren defended Omar in response to an interview video of Omar in which he made his comment.
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“@IlhanMN is the first African-born Congresswoman and the only House Foreign Affairs Committee member to have lived in a refugee camp,” she wrote. “It is shameful that the Republicans are trying to impeach her after smearing her for years. We need her voice, her values and her experience on the Committee”.
House Speaker Keven McCarthy, R-Calif., is trying to convince holdouts within his own party to oust Omar from the foreign affairs committee for his repeated comments against Israel, its oldest ally. of the United States in the Middle East, who has since apologized. for. Those comments include the appearance of equating the United States and Israel with Hamas and the Taliban. Omar has also been criticized for appearing to downplay the 9/11 attacks.
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Last week, McCarthy unilaterally removed Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., from the House Intelligence Committee, a select committee, citing national security concerns.
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In her television interview, Omar said she was not accusing McCarthy of racism, but cited comments by former President Donald Trump and Republican Reps. Marjory Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado making comments about Muslims in Congress, referring to her and the representative Rashida. Tlaib, D-Michigan.
“These people are fine with Islamophobia,” Omar said. “They agree with trafficking in their own way, with anti-Semitism. They don’t agree with a Muslim having a voice on that committee.”
