Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Sunday condemned House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) plans to kick her off the House Foreign Affairs Committee as hypocritical.
Omar was asked about McCarthy's repeated promises to yank her committee assignments during an appearance on MSNBC's Yasmin Vossoughian Reports. The progressive lawmaker was specifically questioned about if there were any developments on the matter in the days since McCarthy had secured the speaker's gavel."I have not [received any updates]," Omar said."It’s my understanding that we obviously have to get the rules package done.
Taking aim at McCarthy specifically, Omar then remarked on McCarthy's difficult path to the speakership before referencing her Somali background as reason to keep her on the Foreign Affairs Committee. "I do have to say for a speaker that has faced a historic humiliation — that had gotten elected after 15 rounds, surpassing a record that was set pre-Civil War — there is an opportunity here as he has said to not do things in the way in which it has been done before," she explained.
He had most recently reiterated that promise late last year, after House Republicans narrowly retook the chamber in the November midterms.
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