Ilhan Omar compares Israel to South Africa during apartheid

Rep. Ilhan Omar compared the Israeli government’s banning her from entering the country to South Africa’s denying a congressional member entry for being black during the apartheid.

“We can’t let this point get lost, South Africa’s government back then denied black members of Congress in the same way Israel is denying Muslim members of Congress,” the Minnesota Democrat said Friday on Twitter. “If the agenda or host was the problem, why didn’t they also deny the other member who was traveling with us?”