Transcript for House GOP vote to kick Rep. Ilhan Omar off Foreign Affairs Committee
TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, AARON.
>>> WE'RE GOING TO TURN NOW TO
CAPITOL HILL TONIGHT, WHERE
HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE OUSTED
DEMOCRAT ILHAN OMAR FROM THE
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE,
CITING REPEATED ANTI-SEMITIC AND
ANTI-AMERICAN REMARKS.
SHE HAS APOLOGIZED FOR THOSE
REMARKS IN THE PAST.
SHE DELIVERED HER OWN REMARKS
TODAY, AND WHAT SHE SAID THIS IS
REALLY ABOUT.
HERE'S OUR SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL
CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT ON
THE HILL TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, HOUSE
REPUBLICANS VOTING TO KICK
CONGRESSWOMAN ILHAN OMAR OFF THE
HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
FOR ANTI-SEMITIC REMARKS SHE
MADE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, FOR
WHICH SHE HAS APOLOGIZED.
>> IS ANYONE SURPRISED THAT I AM
BEING TARGETED?
THERE IS THIS IDEA THAT YOU ARE
SUSPECT IF YOU ARE AN IMMIGRANT.
OR IF YOU ARE FROM CERTAIN PARTS
OF THE WORLD, OR A CERTAIN SKIN
TONE, OR A MUSLIM.
>> Reporter: BUT HOUSE SPEAKER
KEVIN McCARTHY SAYS THE
CONGRESSWOMAN NEEDS TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR HER WORDS, AMONG
THEM, HER SUGGESTION THAT
AMERICAN SUPPORTERS OF ISRAEL
WERE BUYING POLITICAL SUPPORT,
TWEETING, "IT'S ALL ABOUT THE
BENJAMINS, BABY."
>> WE JUST DO NOT BELIEVE WHEN
IT COMES TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
ESPECIALLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
THAT POSITION AROUND THE WORLD
WITH THE COMMENTS THAT YOU MAKE.
SHE SHOULDN'T SERVE THERE.
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATIC LEADER
HAKEEM JEFFRIES ACKNOWLEDGES
OMAR HAS MADE MISTAKES, BUT
INSISTS TODAY'S VOTE WAS NOTHING
MORE THAN A POLITICAL STUNT.
>> IT'S NOT ABOUT
ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT'S ABOUT POLITICAL REVENGE.
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS SAY IT'S
PURE RETALIATION FOR THEIR
DECISION TO BOOT TWO REPUBLICANS
FROM COMMITTEES WHEN THEY
CONTROLLED CONGRESS.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE FOR HER
OWN HISTORY OF EMBRACING
CONSPIRACY THEORIES, INCLUDING
ANTI-SEMITIC ONES, AND
PAUL GOSAR FOR POSTING AN
ANIMATED VIDEO IN WHICH HE KILLS
A DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUE.
>> IT'S A DOUBLE, TRIPLE,
QUADRUPLE AND BEYOND STANDARD.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, McCARTHY
INSISTS TODAY'S MOVE IS, QUOTE,
"NOT TIT FOR TAT."
>> SO, LET'S BRING IN RACHEL
SCOTT, LIVE UP ON THE HILL
TONIGHT.
AND RACHEL, THIS WAS A STRAIGHT
PARTY LINE VOTE HERE?
>> Reporter: YES, DAVID.
EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN BUT ONE
VOTED FOR THAT RESOLUTION.
ONE REPUBLIC DECIDED TO VOTE
PRESENT.
HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN McCARTHY
MAKING IT CLEAR THAT OMAR CAN
STILL SERVE ON OTHER COMMITTEES,
JUST NOT FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
DAVID?
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