Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., issued a strong rebuke of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leadership for their statement calling out fellow squad member Rep. Ilhan Omar for her comments involving Israel.
June 10, 2021
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has clarified comments made during a House Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on Monday, during which she claims she was in no way equating terrorist organizations to democracies with well-established judicial systems, per a statement released Thursday afternoon. She was simply, she said, citing an open case against Israel, U.S. Hamas and [the] Taliban in the [International Criminal Court].
Rep. @IlhanMN puts out a statement clarifying her remarks earlier this week: I was in no way equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries with well-established judicial systems. pic.twitter.com/5hlpo8tkdP Nicholas Wu (@nicholaswu12) June 10, 2021
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