(Fox) A series of top Republicans on Thursday condemned the decision by Democratic leaders to elevate freshman Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, charging that she has a history of making overtly anti-Semitic comments.
The strong GOP criticism came as Omar separately fielded wide-ranging criticism for posting on Twitter that South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham was “compromised” — and then, in a head-turning interview on CNN, admitting she had no evidence for the assertion other than that Graham sometimes supported President Trump. Omar has since rejected suggestions that her comments were intended as a homophobic dog whistle.
“Nancy Pelosi said in 2017 that Congress ‘must’ oppose the BDS movement against Israel,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said in a statement, referring to the anti-Israel “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions” effort.
