A resolution condemning anti-Semitism that was aimed at rebuking Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has been expanded and will also condemn Islamaphobia, white supremacy, anti-Catholicism, and racial profiling by the police.
The diluted resolution, once four pages long, is now seven pages according to a copy released Thursday afternoon.
The resolution does not name Omar, whose tweets sparked outrage from both Republicans and Democrats who said she was being anti-Semitic. Those tweets prompted Democrats to write the resolution, but Democrats worried about singling her out pushed for language that includes all hate speech.
As a result, the resolution goes on to denounce a very broad range of bigotry and hateful behavior and outlines a history of attacks by the Ku Klux Klan, the America First Committee and neo-Nazis.
The measure calls for law enforcement and government officials to “avoid conduct” that could be considered racial profiling.
The last line in the resolution “encourages all public officials to confront the reality of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism, and other forms of bigotry, as well as historical struggles against them, to ensure that the United States will live up to the transcendent principles of tolerance, religious freedom, and equal protection as embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the first and 14th amendments to the Constitution.”
Lawmakers are expected to vote on the resolution Thursday afternoon. Read a copy of the latest version here:
