A heated, voices-raised debate sees Congress vote to remove Democrat Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, citing 2019 remarks for which she later apologised.
abc.net.au/news/ilhan-omar-israel-comments-foreign-affairs/101925720Democrat Ilhan Omar has been ousted from a high-profile committee by the Republican-led US House of Representatives over her past anti-Israel comments.
Removal of members from House committees was essentially unprecedented until the Democratic ousters of hard-right Republicans Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona. The resolution — proposed by Representative Max Miller, a former official in the Trump administration — declared: "Omar's comments have brought dishonour to the House of Representatives."Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York said Ms Omar had, at times, "made mistakes" and used anti-Semitic tropes that were condemned by House Democrats four years ago.
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