Rep. Omar faces criticism after voting 'present' on a US House resolution to formally recognize the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as a genocide.
She went on to say those goals"should not be used as a cudgel in a political fight. It should be done based on academic consensus outside the push and pull of geopolitics," adding that a"true acknowledgement of historical crimes against humanity" would also include the transatlantic slave trade and mass killings of Native Americans.
Aram Hamparian, the executive director of the Armenian National Committee of America, said he was especially troubled by the reference to"academic consensus," because in his mind the genocide of up to 1.5 million Armenians around World War I is a settled historical fact. "It worries us," Hamparian said in a phone interview, referring to Omar's statement and its implications."It reminds us of talking points from Ankara."
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