House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) denied that House leadership rebuked Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) following a tweet in which Omar compared the U.S. and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban, in comments on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday.
“Let me just say this: we did not rebuke” Omar, Pelosi told host Dana Bash. “We acknowledged that she made a clarification.”
When pressed by Bash, Pelosi emphasized that Omar is “a valuable member of our caucus.”
“What I’m saying is end of subject, she clarified, we thanked her, end of subject,” Pelosi added. “What happened is a reflection of the respect we have for our [caucus] member.”
Nancy Pelosi on Ilhan Omar: "We did not rebuke her. We acknowledged that she made a clarification."
Dana Bash: "So do you want people to let it go?"
Pelosi: "They can say whatever they want. What I’m saying is end of subject, she clarified, we thanked her, end of subject." pic.twitter.com/Lf1aboigCs
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) June 13, 2021
The controversy began last week after Omar wrote on Twitter, “We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity…We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban.”
A group of Jewish Democrats condemned Omar’s as “offensive” and “misguided,” adding that her argument “at worst reflects deep-seated prejudice.” Omar later said she was “in no way equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries with well-established judicial systems.”
House Democratic leadership, including Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md.), Majority Whip James Clyburn (D., S.C.), and others released their own statement on the controversy.
“Drawing false equivalencies between democracies like the U.S. and Israel and groups that engage in terrorism like Hamas and the Taliban foments prejudice and undermines progress toward a future of peace and stability for all,” the group said in a statement. “We welcome the clarification by Congresswoman Omar that there is no moral equivalency between the U.S. and Israel and Hamas and the Taliban.”
via nationalreview
The Evil Tyran and her Hamas DemRat House.
Yup Piglosi, the leader of the pac Rats..
Exactly! Piglosi loves wallowing in the mud with her piglets Omar and AOC!
AOC needs to go back to waiting tables at HOOTERS. Oh yeah she lost that job because she was too FUGLY
Pelosi is just as guilty as Omar! Omar has absolutely no morals and no business in our government! She is a terrorist brought here by dirtbag Muslim Obama! To help DESTROY this country! Both need to be deported! Both are traitors and dispicable!
I agree Omar has no place in our government, let alone in our country. She is a terrorist at heart and she has made many horrible remarks about this country, so get out if you hate it so much. She should be stripped from her committees and voted out of her office and the squad needs to be dismantled they all have big mouths and hate this country..Look at what they did to MTG for something she said while ago , not anything nearly as horrible as this Omar’s comments. Piglosi believes she can just say well she explained the comment so move on , this is closed, people can say what they want to it’s done. Really well we will see about that dictator Piglosi!!!!
Among other things Piglosi is a pathological liar!
Yup and yup!! Like you said that is putting it mildly..She is a bigot, racist, elitist, power hungry bit_h who thinks she is above the law, she is Not and she will go down come 2022!! God Bless America I hope we the people can last that long!!!
Amen brother. I don’t know how to say that in Muslim but it would probably be all hail allah
Apparently Pelosi doesn’t realize that her faithful press faithfully repeats her words verbatim, or that much of the nation has heard or read them. Omar tried to claim that what she said wasn’t what she said, like Pelosi we heard her too.