February 12, 2019 Donald Trump calls on freshman Democrat Ilhan Omar to 'resign from Congress' over Israel comments “Anti-Semitism has no place in the United States Congress,” Trump told reporters during a Cabinet meeting.
February 12, 2019 Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin dismisses Ilhan Omar's 'sorry not sorry' apology, blasts 'anti-Israel hate' Lee Zeldin, a Jewish Republican from New York, dismissed Rep. Ilhan Omar's apology over recent Israel remarks as insincere and ‘problematic.’
February 12, 2019 Late-night hosts avoid Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Israel tweets The late-night hosts collectively overlooked the controversy surrounding Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and her tweets that were widely condemned as anti-Semitic.
February 12, 2019 Dem Rep. Gerry Connolly defends Ilhan Omar: She’s only a ‘freshman’ Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., defended colleague Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., amid criticism over tweets that were widely condemned as anti-Semitic.
February 12, 2019 MSNBC contributor Michelle Goldberg: GOP wants to ‘exploit’ Rep. Omar’s tweets to divide Dems on Israel MSNBC contributor and New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg is trying to flip the narrative over Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s tweets that were widely condemned as anti-Semitic -- using the incident to blast Republicans and accuse them of trying to divide Democrats.
February 11, 2019 Pelosi, Dem leaders condemn Rep. Omar for 'anti-Semitic' language In an unprecedented rebuke under the new Congress, House Democratic leaders on Monday roundly condemned Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for statements about supporters of Israel that were widely viewed as anti-Semitic and called on her to apologize.
February 10, 2019 Ilhan Omar seeks to clarify call for 'not 1 dollar for DHS' Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar denied calling for full defunding of the Department of Homeland Security on Sunday, after tweeting what had appeared to be just such a demand.
February 1, 2019 Ocasio-Cortez, fellow freshmen urge border-security negotiators to cut DHS funding Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and fellow congressional freshmen on Friday urged negotiators trying to hammer out a border-security compromise and avoid another government shutdown to cut funding for the Department of Homeland Security, claiming the agency has “promulgated an agenda driven by hate—not strategy.”
February 1, 2019 Rep. Ilhan Omar floats taxing rich up to 90 percent Freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar floated taxing the wealthy at a rate of up to 90 percent, joining fellow Democrats pushing for much higher rates on the top bracket to pay for sought-after programs like "Medicare-for-all."
