(Free Beacon) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) on Sunday derided “unconstitutional” legislation that would allow state and local governments to refuse to do business with U.S. companies that boycott Israel.
“Final thoughts on one other bill that made its way through the Senate and was on the Senate agenda, and it includes provisions supporting state efforts to force some companies and people to pledge to oppose efforts to boycott the state of Israel,” MSNBC anchor Ayman Mohyeldin said.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) introduced the “[Combating] BDS Act,” a measure contained in the “Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019” to combat the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, or BDS, which wages economic boycotts on the Jewish state and its people. The legislation stalled in the Senate this month, however, because of an ongoing partial government shutdown. Democrats are blocking any other bills from being considered until the shutdown is resolved.
