Ilhan Omar Slams Kevin McCarthy’s Vow to Fire Her from Committees: ‘It Does Nothing’ to ‘Solve the Climate Crisis’

Radical Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has fired back at House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after he vowed to ban her from serving on congressional committees.

As Slay News reported, McCarthy said he will follow through on his promise and remove Democrat Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Omar from their coveted House committee assignments.

McCarthy said he will remove Swalwell and Schiff from the House Intelligence Committee and Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee as soon as Republicans take control of the new Congress in January.

Omar is outraged and blasted McCarthy over the pledge, arguing that the move “does nothing” to “solve the climate crisis,” among other things.

“From the moment I was elected, the Republican Party has made it their mission to use fear, xenophobia, Islamophobia, and racism to target me on the House Floor and through millions of dollars of campaign ads,” Somalia-born Omar alleged, without evidence.

“Whether it is Marjorie Taylor Greene holding a gun next to my head in campaign ads or Donald Trump threatening to ‘send me back’ to my country (despite the fact that I have been a proud citizen of the United States for more than 20 years), this constant stream of hate has led to hundreds of death threats and credible plots against me and my family.

“McCarthy’s effort to repeatedly single me out for scorn and hatred — including threatening to strip me from my committee — does nothing to address the issues our constituents deal with.

“It does nothing to address inflation, health care, or solve the climate crisis.”

“What it does is gin up fear and hate against Somali Americans and anyone who shares my identity, and further divide us along racial and ethnic lines.

“It is a continuation of a sustained campaign against Muslim and African voices, people his party have been trying to ban since Donald Trump first ran for office.”

McCarthy said earlier: “One thing I said from the very beginning, Eric Swalwell cannot get a security clearance in the public sector.

“Why would we ever give him a security clearance and the secrets to America?

“So I will not allow him to be on Intel.

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“You have Adam Schiff, who lied to the American public time and again.

“We will not allow him to be on the Intel Committee either.

“Look at Congresswoman Omar, her antisemitic comments that have gone forward.

“We’re not going to allow her to be on Foreign Affairs.

“But we’re also going to stand up to what’s happening, not just in the halls in Congress, but what’s happening to our higher education institutions, the antisemitism that’s going on on these campuses and others.

“We will investigate that as well and stop this to make sure that America does have the freedoms that we said we would keep, and we will stand up to it as we move forward,” he said.

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By David Hawkins

David Hawkins is a writer who specializes in political commentary and world affairs. He's been writing professionally since 2014.

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