House GOP vote to kick Rep. Ilhan Omar off Foreign Affairs Committee

House Republicans voted to kick Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar off the House Foreign Affairs Committee citing her 2019 comments on Israel.
2:12 | 02/03/23

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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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