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Rep. Don Bacon has introduced a resolution to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar for saying some Jewish students are 'pro-genocide.'
The moderate Nebraska Republican's resolution will not force an immediate vote on the resolution.
The censure accuses Omar of a 'long and demonstrated history of hateful rhetoric that plays into the worst antisemitic tropes.'
While visiting campuses last month to show solidarity with pro-Gaza student protesters after her daughter was arrested, Omar spoke out against bigotry against Jewish students in a seemingly tongue-in-cheek remark.
'I think it is really unfortunate that people don't care about the fact that all Jewish kids should be kept safe, and that we should not have to tolerate antisemitism or bigotry for all Jewish students, whether they're pro-genocide or anti-genocide,' she said.
Rep. Ilhan Omar has been accused of 'blood libel' by the anti-defamation league for saying some Jewish students are 'pro-genocide'
The resolution also notes comments Omar made in 2021 when she tweeted, 'we have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan and the Taliban.'
'It is patently false and a blood libel to suggest that ANY Jewish students are 'pro-genocide,' Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.
The Minnesota Democrat was previously booted from the Foreign Affairs Committee for reportedly suggesting that lawmakers and activists who support Israel hold 'allegiance to a foreign country.'
She would follow Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who was censured over anti-Israel comments in November for parroting the Palestinian slogan 'from the the river to the sea.'
A protester holds a Palestinian flag as students rally on Columbia University campus at a protest encampment in support of Palestinians, despite a 2 pm deadline issued by university officials to disband or face suspension,
'It is gaslighting to impute that Jewish people are somehow at fault for being harassed and menaced with signs and slogans literally calling for their own
