GOP May Kick Rep. Ilhan Omar Off Committees After Years Of Islamophobic Attacks

Posted By TheNewsCommenter: From Huffpost.com: “GOP Targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar Once More After Years Of Islamophobic Attacks”. Below is an excerpt from the article.

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has vowed to bar Democrats Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell and Ilhan Omar from serving on House committees.

The threat, which McCarthy repeated this week, is retaliation for Democrats having removed Reps. Paul Gosar of Arizona and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia from their committee assignments in 2021 for highly inflammatory statements, including about Omar.

The putative reasons for Omar’s prospective committee ban are a little more hazy. A refugee from Somalia and the first African-born member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Omar is a frequent target for members of the GOP.

Republicans have often claimed Omar, who has represented Minnesota’s 5th District since 2019, is an antisemite. But Omar said she believes McCarthy wants her off committees because she’s Muslim.

“I do not actually think that he has a reason outside of me being Muslim and thinking I should not be,” Omar told HuffPost. “If you look at the comments from Republicans, it’s precisely for only that reason.”

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