“She said that she did not know that what she said that was construed as anti-Semitic — she did not know that was what they call a trope, a Jewish trope … that people equate money with Jews, for instance. I don’t believe her,” Behar said.

Sunny Hostin jumped to Omar’s defense, even condemning her removal from the committee as “pure racism.”

“I do. I think she’s an immigrant. I think she’s had a different experience —” Hostin said before Behar pushed back.

“She’s been here a long time,” she said.

“That’s a trope you largely hear in this country, so I’m not surprised that she didn’t know —”

“That is not a trope — excuse me,” Behar said. “That is not a trope that is just here in this country. That is a worldwide trope.”

[Good for Behar, but this entire debate is insane. Omar didn’t get removed from Foreign Affairs over racism, but over anti-Semitism, and entirely because Democrats refused to do anything substantive with Omar for making anti-Semitic remarks on multiple occasions. Pelosi should have booted Omar from Foreign Affairs in 2019 after the first of those remarks, but instead blocked the House from any sort of substantive rebuke. Democrats have no one to blame but themselves, especially after stripping Marjorie Taylor Greene of *all* committee assignments for the same kind of offense. — Ed]