Pelosi shields Omar from anti-Semitic backlash, says vote is 'not about her'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday that Rep. Ilhan Omar’s tweets reviving old Jewish prejudices were not intentionally anti-Semitic and that an upcoming resolution rebuking the comments “is not about her.”

The House is likely to vote later Thursday on a resolution initially written to condemn anti-Semitism. Now, Pelosi said, the measure will condemn all forms of hate, including anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and white supremacy. It won’t name Omar.