Ilhan Omar Sees GOP Support for Keeping Her Foreign Affairs Seat
- Democrat has apologized for remarks criticized as anti-Jewish
- Schiff is backing Omar, said move to oust her is retribution
Representative Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, center.
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Democrat Ilhan Omar expressed confidence that she’ll keep her seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, saying allegations she is antisemitic are part of efforts by political foes to smear her.
“To insinuate that I knowingly said these things, when people have read into my comments to make it sound as if I have something against the Jewish communities, is so wrong,” Omar said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”