FEBRUARY 3, 2023BYSCOTT JOHNSONINANTI-AMERICANISM,ANTI-SEMITISM,ILHAN OMAR,THANKS FOR CLEARING THAT UP

OMAR PERSISTS

Speaker Kevin McCarthy marshaled the votes to remove Minnesota Fifth District Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee on grounds of her anti-Semitic bigotry. David Harsanyi comments on her removal inthis New York Post column. Anticipating her removal, Omar hadthis to sayon the House floor: “I am a Muslim. I am an immigrant. And, interestingly, from Africa. Is anyone surprised that I am a target?”

On a personal note, I first asked Omar for a comment on facts suggesting she might be married to her brother in August 2016 when she was running for a lowly state legislative office.This is the commentshe gave me: “There are people who do not want an East African, Muslim woman elected to office and who…