Rep. Ilhan Omar slammed “constant harassment & silencing” from a group of House Democrats in an early-Thursday morning tweet as tensions among some House Democrats over her alleged anti-Semitism exploded out into the open this week.
“Equating the United States and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban is as offensive as it is misguided,” the group of Democrats, said of Omar. The signers of the statement included Reps. Brad Schneider, D-Ill.; Brad Sherman, D-Calif.; Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J.; Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass.; and Ted Deutch, D-Fla.
Omar drew sharp condemnation from both sides of the aisle for essentially equating the United States and its longstanding ally Israel to the Hamas terrorist organization and the Taliban.