The Squad melts down over Omar's committee exit: Cori Bush calls it 'white ... trends now
Rep. Cori Bush accused Republicans of 'white supremacy' as she and other left-wing members of the Squad condemned their efforts to remove Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Omar was removed from the committee after losing a largely party line vote 218 to 211.
But her left wing colleagues offered a fiery defense of their comrade, who had been accused of making antisemitic comments.
'This institution is better because of her leadership and the foreign affairs committee benefits from her perspective,' she said.
'So let's talk about what's really happening.
'Republicans are waging a blatantly Islamophobic and racist attack on Congresswoman Omar and I've said it before I'll say it again: The white supremacy happening is unbelievable.'
Cori Bush accused Republicans of 'white supremacy' as she and other left-wing members of the Squad condemned their efforts to remove Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee
Before the vote count was handed down, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemned the GOP for what she said amounted to 'racism and incitement of violence against women of color.'
'Don't tell me this is about consistency. Don't tell me that this is about a condemnation of antisemitic remarks...This is about targeting women of color in the United States of America,' the fellow Squad member said.
And Rashid Tlaib broke down as she said: 'Congresswoman Omar, I am so sorry that our country is failing you today through the chamber.
'You belong on this committee.'
She raised her voice in a howl as she was told her time was cut off.
'You belong on this committee,' she half sobbed, half screamed before her microphone was cut off.
Democrats screamed 'no' before the GOP completed Speaker Kevin McCarthy's bid to get the Squad member removed over her history of comments comparing Israel to Hamas and the Taliban and saying the relationship between the Jewish state and the U.S. is 'all about the Benjamins' in 2019.
'She described 9/11 by saying "some people did something",' McCarthy said when explaining why he wanted to boot her from the committee in a press conference after she was kicked off.
McCarthy insisted Omar's removal was not 'tit-for-tat' - brushing off Democrat allegations it is 'revenge' for removing Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar from their assignments.
Before the vote, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemned the GOP for what she said amounted to 'racism and incitement of violence against women of color'
House Republicans on Thursday voted to kick Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee over her antisemitic comments in chaotic scenes in Congress.
'She described 9/11 by saying "some people did something",' McCarthy said when explaining why he wanted to boot her from the committee in a press conference after she was kicked off
Omar told Republicans 'I am an American', and said losing her seat on the committee for a term would not make her go away.
In his press conference before the vote House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries admitted Omar has used 'antisemitic tropes' - but questioned why Omar was being booted.
He added there had been 'no accountability' for Republicans who had put out seemingly antisemitic tweets.
Jeffries referenced a 2021 tweet Rep. Thomas Massie put out accusing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) of 'foreign interference in our elections' for putting out an ad targeting him.
But Massie does not sit on the Foreign Affairs Committee - McCarthy has said that Omar would be allowed to participate in other committees but represented a 'national security concern' on this one.
Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., suggested
