Rep. Liz Cheney accused the Democratic Party on Sunday of enabling anti-Semitism by not naming freshman lawmaker Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., in an anti-hate resolution that was voted on after Omar’s public criticisms of Israel.
The Republican Conference chairwoman told NBC “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd that the Democrats are “enabling” anti-Semitism, explaining why she did not vote in support of the anti-hate resolution.
“It was really clearly an effort to protect Ilhan Omar,” Cheney told Todd. “To cover up her bigotry and anti-Semitism by refusing to name her.”
Other than that, she found “nothing objectionable” in the resolution’s language. The resolution passed by an overwhelming majority, 407 to 23.
Trump said on Friday he thought the vote by the House was a “disgrace,” because it did not name Omar. He called the Democratic Party and “anti-Jewish” and “anti-Israel” party.
Omar’s comments criticizing Israel go back to 2012, along with more recent Twitter posts.
She apologized for the statements last month, saying they were “not intended to offend my constituents or Jewish Americans as a whole,” but weeks later repeated her claims that some Jewish lawmakers have a dual loyalty to Israel.
[Opinion: 2020 Democrats normalize anti-Semitism by defending Ilhan Omar]
