Omar Responds to McCarthy’s Vow to Remove Her From Committee
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is firing back at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for vowing to strip her of her committee assignment. In a statement on Monday, Omar said, “From the moment I was elected, the…
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is firing back at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for vowing to strip her of her committee assignment.
In a statement on Monday, Omar said, “From the moment I was elected, the Republican Party has made it their mission to use fear, xenophobia, Islamophobia and racism to target me on the House Floor and through millions of dollars of campaign ads.”
“Whether it is Marjorie Taylor Greene holding a gun next to my head in campaign ads or Donald Trump threatening to ‘send me back’ to my country (despite the fact that I have been a proud citizen of the United States for more than 20 years), this constant stream of hate has led to hundreds of death threats and credible plots against me and my family,” she continued.
The Minnesota Congresswoman accused McCarthy of declining to “address the open hostility towards religious minorities in his party” and “lifting up people like Marjorie Taylor Greene” instead.
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She added, “McCarthy’s effort to repeatedly single me out for scorn and hatred — including threatening to strip me from my committee — does nothing to address the issues our constituents deal with. It does nothing to address inflation, healthcare, or solve the climate crisis.”
McCarthy appeared on Fox Business on Sunday and was asked if he would make good on his vow to strip several prominent Democrats of their committee assignments.
“Yes, I will, I’ll keep that promise,” he responded. “One thing I said from the very beginning, Eric Swalwell cannot get a security clearance in the public sector. Why would we ever give him a security clearance and the secrets to America? So I will not allow him to be on Intel.”
He continued: