Ilhan Omar lashes out at Pelosi, Netanyahu for their AIPAC jabs at her Pelosi called boycotts of Israel bigotry masquerading as ideology. Omar said they were a constitutionally protected right.
House majority leader walks back jabs at Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rep. Steny Hoyer said his sarcasm was aimed at the media, not the first-year congresswomen.
Muslim and Jewish Democrats are holding meetings together. Rashida Tlaib cried at one. Members of the House are seeking to defuse tensions, including those ratcheted up by Rep. Ilhan Omar’s recent tweets about American Jews.
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