PELOSI just told us she did not think @IlhanMN’s comments were “intentionally anti Semitic”
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) March 6, 2019
They really are shooting themselves in the foot over this.
Via Free Beacon:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said Wednesday she does not think Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D., Minn.) comments about support for Israel were “intentionally anti-Semitic.”
Pelosi also said she is unsure a resolution condemning anti-Semitism will get a vote this week, as reported by Politico‘s Jake Sherman.
At an event in Washington, D.C. last week, Omar said she wanted “to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is okay for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country.”
The comment prompted backlash from Republicans and Democrats, with House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Eliot Engel (D., NY) calling it “unacceptable and deeply offensive to call into question the loyalty of fellow Americana citizens because of their political views, including support for the U.S.-Israel relationship,” and castigating Omar for “invoking a vile anti-Semitic slur.”