#News Rep. Ilhan Omar was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee because leadership didn’t trust her with top-secret information, and because of her hatred toward Israel.
Critics say if she can’t be trusted with classified national security information, she should have been removed from Congress when she was removed from the committee.
“When I became speaker, there were two Democrats that I was very concerned about. Eric Swalwell, to continue to be on the Intel Committee, having slept with a Chinese spy, I removed him, and I had the power to do that.”
“I also removed Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs, because you get top-secret information there, and sharing it, and her beliefs, and her hatred towards Israel.”
“And now, when you look in hindsight, I was correct on both of those.”
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy just revealed that Omar’s public statements, her record of equating American and Israeli actions with those of t*rrorist groups, and her hostility toward a key ally, made her unfit for that seat.
The ouster came in 2023 after a resolution sponsored by Rep. Max Miller of Ohio cited remarks Omar made that drew criticism from both parties.
These included a 2019 post suggesting support for Israel was “all about the Benjamins,” comparisons that placed the United States and Israel alongside Hamas and the Taliban, and comments downplaying the September 11 attacks as “some people did something.”
McCarthy at the time called the statements antisemitic and anti-American and said keeping her on the panel “puts America in jeopardy.”
He noted he had to work members to secure the floor vote because the Speaker cannot unilaterally remove someone from a standing committee the way he can for a select committee.
Fast Fact: Omar allegedly shared classified intelligence about a House Foreign Affairs Committee meeting with Somali leaders during her December 2022 trip to Somalia, according to Somaliland’s former information minister, Ali Hassan Mohamed.
Republicans argued the Foreign Affairs Committee deals with sensitive foreign policy and that Omar was a national security risk.
Democrats claimed racism and said it targeted her because she is a M*slim migrant.
McCarthy’s recent comments reveal the explicit security risks she posed around top-secret access and her beliefs; risks that weren’t really discussed in the 2023 floor debate, which focused on her specific comments.
What do you think? Should someone who can’t be trusted with national security information be allowed to have a seat in Congress?
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