{"id":2233500,"date":"2024-04-30T10:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T14:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comment-about-jewish-students-may-get-ilhan-omar-censured\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T14:55:00","slug":"comment-about-jewish-students-may-get-ilhan-omar-censured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comment-about-jewish-students-may-get-ilhan-omar-censured\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilhan Omar Faces Censure Over Jewish Student Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcomment-about-jewish-students-may-get-ilhan-omar-censured%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2233500&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Ilhan\u200b Omar of the\u2064 &#8220;Squad&#8221; may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-johnson-impeachment-failed-because-americans-back-president-trump\/\" title=\"Sen. Johnson: Impeachment failed because Americans back President Trump\">face censure<\/a> for suggesting some Jewish students endorse genocide. During a visit to Columbia University, she discussed\u2062 anti-Semitism \u2062with a Fox 5 New \u200cYork reporter,\u2063 sparking controversy. Colleague \u2064Rep. Don Bacon is\u2062 preparing a\u2062 censure resolution, \u2063highlighting tensions over\u2063 remarks about Jewish students and Israel. Rep. Ilhan Omar of the &#8220;Squad&#8221; faces possible censure \u200dfor implying that\u2064 some Jewish students support genocide. Her discussion on anti-Semitism at Columbia University with a Fox 5 \u2062New York reporter has stirred controversy. Colleague Rep. Don Bacon is drafting a censure resolution, underscoring the discord over statements concerning \u2063Jewish students and Israel.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ilhan-omar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)<\/a>, a member of the leftist \u201cSquad,\u201d is again facing the prospect of being censured, this time for suggesting that some Jewish students support genocide.<\/p>\n<p>During a visit last week to Columbia University, Omar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EGcl3KREFF0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoke with a Fox 5 New York reporter<\/a> about anti-Semitism as she walked on campus with her daughter, Isra Hirsi, a Barnard student who was recently arrested while participating in an anti-Israel protest on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Omar noted that she had just met some Jewish students in an encampment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is really unfortunate,\u201d Omar continued, \u201cthat people don\u2019t care about the fact that all Jewish kids should be kept safe, and that we should not have to tolerate anti-Semitism or bigotry for all Jewish students, whether they\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/homeland-security-official-who-handled-asylum-claims-on-leave-after-her-role-in-palestinian-organization-resurfaces\/\" title=\"Homeland Security Official on Leave Over Ties to Palestinian Organization\">pro-genocide<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adidas-funds-nonprofit-that-posts-anti-semitic-content\/\" title=\"Adidas Funds Nonprofit That Posts Anti-Semitic Content\">anti-genocide<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>One of her Republican colleagues, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), reportedly took umbrage at the comment about Jewish students and said that he was putting together a censure resolution in response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalking about pro-genocide Jewish students is wrong,\u201d Bacon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/04\/30\/ilhan-omar-censure-columbia-israel-genocide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Axios<\/a>,\u201d adding that \u201cfolks can protest Israel, but don\u2019t blame Jewish-American students for Israel. That is by definition anti-Semitism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Omar said the congresswoman \u201cclearly condemned antisemitism and bigotry for all Jewish students,\u201d adding, \u201cAttempts to misconstrue her words by drafting this baseless resolution are meant to distract\u201d from the Gaza conflict and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-arrests-peace-activist-warns-its-citizens-not-to-participate-in-anti-war-protests\/\" title=\"Russia Arrests Peace Activist, Warns Its Citizens Not To Participate In Anti-War Protests\">anti-war protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It would not be the first time Omar faced the ire of her colleagues. In February, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said she would<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mtg-aims-to-force-vote-on-censuring-ilhan-omar-for-remarks-on-somalia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> force<\/a> a censure vote against Omar for remarks concerning her native Somalia, but did not follow through.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1714129450076000&#038;usg=AOvVaw11MUL_oXewNl-yGfGqnuu8\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>And Omar was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/republicans-boot-ilhan-omar-off-foreign-affairs-committee-over-anti-semitism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kicked off<\/a> the Foreign Affairs Committee last year over comments she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/02\/us\/politics\/ilhan-omar-house-committee-republicans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made about Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout history, <a href=\"https:\/\/history.house.gov\/Institution\/Discipline\/Expulsion-Censure-Reprimand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">27 members<\/a> have been successfully censured, which is a formal rebuke and a less severe form of punishment than expulsion, though there has been an uptick of late.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-votes-to-censure-adam-schiff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Schiff (D-CA)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-house-votes-to-censure-democrat-rashida-tlaib-for-supporting-genocide-of-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rashida Tlaib<\/a> (D-MI), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-votes-to-censure-bowman-over-fire-alarm-incident?%3Futm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamaal Bowman<\/a> (D-NY) were among the House members who were censured last year.<\/p>\n<p>In a post to X last week, Omar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ilhan-omar-tries-to-defend-columbia-protesters-and-her-daughter-and-it-backfires-immediately\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sought<\/a> to defend the protesters at Columbia, who have demanded the university <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-university-will-not-divest-from-israel-president-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">divest<\/a> from Israel, and chided public officials and media \u201cmaking this about anything else are inflaming the situation and need to bring calmness and sanity back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Anthony D\u2019Esposito (R-NY) was among those who fired back, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANTHONYDESPO\/status\/1782522309170925942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a>, \u201cIlhan, there\u2019s video. Lots of it. These antisemites don\u2019t need police &#038; public leaders to make them look bad. They\u2019re doing that all by themselves. Only demands should be: Hamas, surrender; Release the hostages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ilhan Omar, a member of the leftist &#8220;Squad,&#8221; faces possible censure for implying that Jewish students endorse genocide. While at Columbia University, she discussed anti-Semitism with a Fox 5 New York reporter during a campus visit with her daughter, sparking controversy once again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2233501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2147882591-e1714486870381.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2233500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2147882591-e1714486870381.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2233500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2233501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}