Democrats agree they need to stand against anti-Semitism, but there are growing disagreements over if and how a House resolution should be passed to condemn Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s alleged anti-Semitic tropes.
House Democrats are becoming increasingly divided and at odds with leadership, as the party readies a resolution to formally condemn anti-Semitism after freshman Democrat Ilhan Omar was accused of using anti-Semitic tropes for the second time since joining Congress.
Other Democrats, as did Jayapal, highlighted the resolution condemning white supremacy that was recently passed by the House to rebuke GOP Congressman Steve King’s controversial remarks questioning the offensiveness of such terms. Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar participates in a House Education and Labor Committee Markup on the H.R. 582 Raise the Wage Act, in the Rayburn House Office Building, in Washington, D.C., on March 6. Omar was recently accused of using anti-Semitic tropes for the second time since joining Congress. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Some Democratic members also expressed vehement opposition to Omar’s name being mentioned in the resolution’s text. In draft copies that have been circulated, her name is not referenced, and the resolution condemning King did not directly name him, either. Both Bass and Congresswoman Janice Schakowsky, a Jewish Democrat from Illinois, said they opposed naming her because she's received recent death threats. Jayapal did not give reason for her objection to naming Omar.
“I absolutely believe that she has become a target. I think the Republicans love that and, frankly, I think the media loves to exploit the divisions,” Schakowsky said. He said her potential removal from Foreign Affairs, should she make an anti-Semitic trope in the future, was"a decision that the caucus will have to make...and that’s not a discussion that we've had."
However, Democrat and Foreign Affairs Committee member Gerry Connolly did issue a stern warning to Omar, telling Newsweek Tuesday that future anti-Semitic tropes could lead to committee removal.
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