Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Rep. Ilhan Omar has made wearing a headscarf seem fashionable, chic and powerful.
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House Republican lawmakers are seeking this week to oust U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, from her committee assignments as Democrats push for similar action against Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Fox News reported on Tuesday.
A proposed amendment calls for Omar to be removed from her committee assignments "in light of conduct she has exhibited," Fox News said. fxn.ws/3pIIG37
In the amendment, Republicans argue that she has made anti-Semitic comments that are grounds for dismissal, the report added.
Congressional Democrats on Monday said they would seek to strip conspiracy theory-backing Greene of committee assignments over incendiary comments including denying school shootings took place and expressing support for violence.
(Reporting by Rama Venkat in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill)