Republicans claim their shady decision to oust Rep. Ilhan Omar from a top committee wasn't about revenge at all. Please. (via MaddowBlog)
House Republicans voted Thursday to oust Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the Foreign Affairs Committee — the latest skirmish in a long-running partisan battle over committee assignments. Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., had faced a handful of GOP defections, but by Thursday he and his team had whipped GOP members back in line, and 218 Republicans voted to back the resolution condemning Omar for past antisemitic comments and removing her from the committee.
McCarthy ignored the skepticism and plowed forward. Indeed, he invested real political capital into this, making clear that this was a real priority for the speaker’s office.to back him up, and in the end, his members followed his lead. The bad news is this was a wildly unnecessary move.1. Omar’s history of antisemitism was a dealbreakerrepeatedly and publicly, explaining that her rhetoric was the result of ignorance, not malice.
Just as importantly, the Republicans’ argument is difficult to take seriously. McCarthy and his cohorts had no qualms about rewarding Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, despite
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