House Democratic leaders are struggling to contain the controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar‘s comments criticizing Israel, with the caucus fighting behind closed doors over whether — and how — to respond
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The speaker also said that Democratic leaders were forced to respond quickly over the weekend — a task made trickier with Omar on a congressional delegation trip to East Africa over the weekend. A senior Democratic aide disputed that it was a tense exchange, saying that Pelosi was merely trying to explain why things unfolded the way they did over the past few days.
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