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She tweeted "we have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the u.s., hamas, israel, afghanistan, and the taliban. she then later tried to walk it back insisting she wasnt equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries that have well-established judicial systems. the republicans are claiming a double standard is clearly at work. they are demanding to know why speaker pelosi is still keeping her on the has foreign affairs committee. take a listen. >> we need to see more democrats in...

Ilhan omars words. she said i was not at all equating the u.s. and israel with terrorist groups hamas and the taliban. we just pulled up her tweets twice. it seems like that was precisely what she was doing. the entire point of the entire tweet. right? >> 100%. it is good that democrat leaders are finally speaking out about this, but it is too little, too late. she doesnt need to clarify her comments. she needs to be removed. nobody who thinks that israel and the united states are the equivalent...

Wasnt equating those two directly. >> chris, it underscores the growing pains from being a governor to getting used to being on the national stage. >> just being a governor scott walker is a high profile governor. not like he was the governor of idaho and no one heard of him before he emerged. he has been in the national spotlight with the recall election and those sort of things, its a different stage. say to people not like going from one to two but 1 to 100 going for statewide office. the att...

>> krystal, lets go back to dr. carson. this week we saw him awkwardly use gays, nambla and bestiality in the same sentence. he tried to backtrack those comments this afternoon with msnbcs andrea mitchell. i think he only served in complicating matters. listen to this. >> that was taken completely out of context. what i was basically saying is there was no group. i wasnt equating those things. i dont think theyre equal. just, you know, if you ask me for an apple and i gave you an orange, youd sa...

Examines what ive been talking about and writing about over the last couple of decades, its the same thing that im talking about now. its just that now more people are paying attention to them. i think in terms of what was said on sean hannitys show, that was taken completely out of context and completely misunderstood in terms of what i was trying to say. as a christian, i have a duty to love all people and that includes people who have other sexual orientations, and i certainly do. and never h...

This week, however, carson chimed in on the debate over same-sex marriage. his statements appeared to suggest that a moral equivalence exists between gays, pedophiles and people who practice bestiality. our own andrea mitchell talked to carson about his controversial remarks just moments ago. take a listen. >> what i was basically saying, and if anybody was offended, i apologize to you, but what i was basically saying is that there is no group. i wasnt equating those things. i dont think theyre ...

Press to the supreme court about homosexuality. if the supreme court says you have the right tore con sexual flight nor home, you have the right to bligmy, you have the right to polygamy and you have the right to incest. does that undermine the fabric of our society? i would argue, yes it does. thats not to pick on homosexuality. its not men or child, men on dog or whatever the case maybe. santorum says he wasnt equating that but trying to make a larger point on morality. >> do things which we b...