Republicans are targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for her anti-Semitic remarks in a new resolution that names her specifically, after the House voted on a broad anti-hate bill that didn’t name her.
Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., and three other Republicans proposed the measure to condemn Omar for saying “Israel has hypnotized the world,” and that people must recognize the “evil doings of Israel.”
The resolution noted that Omar accused Jewish people of buying influence in Congress, by tweeting, “It’s all about the Benjamins baby.”
The resolution said even Democrats like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have condemned Omar. But it said Democrats put forward a broad resolution that never named her.
“Democratic leadership failed to primarily and directly address Representative Omar’s anti-Semitic remarks in a resolution that should have been specifically about anti-Semitism so as to address the rising threat thereof,” the resolution read.
The resolution concluded by saying the House “directly disapproves the anti-Semitic comments made by Representative Omar,” and rejects the stereotypes of Jewish people that she puts forward.
The resolution is unlikely to get a vote, as Democrats control the House. Read a copy of the GOP resolution here:
