Ilhan Omar calls committee removal 'dangerous' as GOP close to booting her

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he has enough votes to remove the Minnesota congresswoman from the Foreign Affairs Committee

have condemned the resolution and are expected to vote against it. The vote is expected to take place on Thursday.

McCarthy is relying on emergency procedures to quickly remove the Somalia-born Muslim Democrat, who has been accused of making antisemitic comments, made between 2019 and 2021, against Israel and pro-Israel lobbying groups in the U.S. Omar has since apologized for the comments, which she said she had come to understand reflected well-worn antisemitic tropes.that the antisemitism allegations against her made by Republicans were"politically motivated, and in some cases motivated by the fact that many of these members don't believe a Muslim refugee, an African, should even be in Congress, let alone have the opportunity to serve on the Foreign Affairs Committee.

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