Nancy Pelosi grapples with Ilhan Omar at AIPAC

Published March 26, 2019 1:46pm ET



House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seemed to take aim at freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar on Tuesday morning, condemning as anti-Semitic the Minnesota Democrat’s ideas about Israel and its American supporters.

“The United States will continue to champion a foreign policy that reaffirms Israel’s right to self defense. In our democratic societies, we should welcome legitimate debate about how best to honor our values and to advance our priorities without questioning loyalty or patriotism,” Pelosi, a California Democrat, told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual conference.

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