Omar’s comparison of Hamas and Israel -- the two just fought a brief but bloody battle that saw thousands of Hamas rockets fired at Israel’s cities, with Israel’s military responding with airstrikes and artillery barrages -- was too much for some House Democrats.
Remember, the House voted on two separate resolutions in 2019 in response to Omar’s criticism of AIPAC and support of Israel by American Jews. A number of Omar’s fellow Democrats believe Omar is an anti-Semite, even if they don’t say so publicly.
So on Wednesday night, a group of 12 House Democrats issued their own statement slamming Omar and calling on her to “clarify her words,” which is a nice way of suggesting the second-term lawmaker should apologize and/or retract what she said.
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