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June 11, 2021

House Republicans who voted to oust Taylor Greene demand Pelosi do same for Ilhan Omar

EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans who broke with the GOP in February in voting for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to be removed from her committee assignments after making controversial comments, are now demanding that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from her assignments as well, amid backlash over her statements likening the United States and Israel to the Taliban and Hamas.

June 11, 2021

Moderate Dems 'frustrated' by Omar's 'unacceptable' Israel comments, want to move on

The moderate Democrats who condemned Rep. Ilhan Omar over her comments apparently comparing the United States and Israel to Hamas say they are happy she issued a clarification Thursday but still "frustrated" about her longer record of making allegedly anti-Semitic remarks.

June 11, 2021

ABC, CBS ignore comments by Ilhan Omar comparing US, Israel to terrorist groups

ABC and CBS newscasts ignored the controversy surrounding recent comments from Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., comparing the U.S. and Israel to terrorist organizations Hamas and the Taliban.

June 10, 2021

White House silent as Dem civil war brews between Pelosi, 'Squad'

Omar came under fire in the national spotlight again after publishing a tweet that compared the U.S. and Israel to terror groups Hamas and the Taliban and saying the countries had committed “unthinkable atrocities.”

June 10, 2021

Rashida Tlaib calls out Dem leadership for 'policing' Ihan Omar and Muslim women

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., issued a strong rebuke of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leadership for their statement calling out fellow squad member Rep. Ilhan Omar for her comments involving Israel. 

June 10, 2021

Rep. Ilhan Omar backpedals comments about US, Israel after Democratic colleagues condemn her remarks

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., clarified her "unthinkable atrocities" comments at the request of her Democratic colleagues in a Thursday statement.

June 10, 2021

Top Dems rebuke Ilhan Omar for US, Israel comparison to terrorist groups: 'no moral equivalency'

Senior Democratic leadership issued a unified statement Thursday, denouncing comments made by Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar when she compared U.S. and Israeli war crimes to actions by the Taliban and Hamas.

June 10, 2021

'Squad' reps rally to defense of Ilhan Omar after fellow Dems lambaste her over Israel comments

Members of the far-left "Squad" in the House of Representatives are rallying to the defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar after a group of 12 other House Democrats leveled harsh criticism against Omar over comments from earlier this week that appeared compare the U.S. and Israel to terrorists.

June 10, 2021

Ilhan Omar controversy: Cori Bush accuses fellow Democrats of 'anti-Blackness and Islamophobia'

Reps. Cori Bush, D-Mo., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., rushed to the defense of fellow Squad member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.

June 10, 2021

Dem infighting reaches new level after Omar calls colleagues' criticism 'islamophobic'

Rep. Ilhan Omar slammed "constant harassment & silencing" from a group of House Democrats in an early-Thursday morning tweet as simmering tensions and infighting over her alleged anti-Semitism exploded out into the open.