(Mediaite) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) dodged a question during a friendly interview with Chris Hayes when the MSNBC anchor asked what the Jewish community thinks of her comments that have been criticized as anti-Semitic.
During a Tuesday episode of Hayes’s podcast, Why Is This Happening?, Hayes said:
One axis of criticism that you’ve received is around things you’ve said about either Israeli policy, the Israeli government. People have accused you of anti-Semitism in remarks that you’ve made, or on Twitter about [former Israeli Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu.
I wonder what your relationship is like with — obviously, you have a lot of Jewish folks in your district. You have a lot of synagogues. You have visited the very vibrant Jewish world in the Twin Cities. What have those relationships been like, what those conversations have been like?
