Mike Pompeo attacks Ilhan Omar over ‘abhorrent’ comments

Published March 22, 2019 1:42am ET



Secretary of State Mike Pompeo faulted Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for making “abhorrent” comments about Jewish influence in the United States, invoking the Minnesota Democrat as evidence that anti-Semitism is on the rise.

‘It’s a great concern to me,” Pompeo said, after referring to Omar by name. “This administration speaks the truth, and anti-Semitism is unacceptable in any form from anyone, but to see it come from one of America’s leaders is just abhorrent.”

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