House Democrats will add language to resolution condemning anti-Semitism so that it also rejects anti-Muslim prejudice.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters Tuesday the resolution is still being written. A Democratic aide said a vote is likely Thursday, a day later than initially planned, and said some language condemning anti-Muslim bias would also be added, without specifying what it would say.
“There will be a vote this week, and you will see what it is when we are finished writing it,” Pelosi said Tuesday night.
Democrats Monday had been circulating a four-page draft resolution sponsored by Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., that “rejects anti-Semitism as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contradictory to the values that define the people of the United States.”
The measure outlines the history of anti-Semitic attacks against Jews and addresses “the myth of dual loyalty, including allegations that Jews should be suspected of being disloyal neighbors or citizens.”
The measure will not name Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., whose comments prompted the rare condemnation from fellow lawmakers. Omar in a series of tweets raised the idea that Jewish members of Congress shouldn’t be loyal to Israel over America.
Republicans and Democrats have condemned Omar’s comments and tweets but Democrats have also pointed to an exhibit at the West Virginia Republican Party Day at the State Capital depicted Omar below an image of the burning twin towers.
The state GOP has denounced the poster and said it was not responsible for displaying the image.
“Linking all Muslims to the terrorist attacks was wrong and hurtful and and both can be condemned,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
