Ilhan Omar’s 'pro-genocide' Jews remark sparks House censure effort

FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is being deed with a censure solution connected Tuesday aft she referred to immoderate Jewish students arsenic "pro-genocide" during a caller sojourn to Columbia University.

Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., is introducing the solution against Omar connected Tuesday, a root acquainted with his plans told Fox News Digital.

The New York City Ivy League schoolhouse has been the flashpoint for nationwide demonstrations connected assemblage campuses, wherever students person acceptable up structure encampments to protestation their universities' fiscal ties to pro-Israel companies. 

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is the taxable of a House GOP-led censure resolution. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Omar's girl was 1 of much than 100 Columbia students and young adults attending its sister school, Barnard College, who were arrested implicit their encampment past month.

The progressive "Squad" Democrat visited the objection connected April 26 successful a amusement of solidarity for the pro-Palestinian protesters.

"I really met a batch of Jewish students who are successful the encampment, and I deliberation it is truly unfortunate that radical don't attraction astir the information that each Jewish kids should beryllium kept safe," Omar told Fox 5 New York portion there. "We should not person to tolerate antisemitism oregon bigotry for each Jewish students, whether they are pro-genocide oregon anti-genocide."

Bacon's solution substance said Omar's "slanderous comments against Jewish students could inflame unit against the Jewish community."

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The censure solution is being filed by Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., connected Tuesday.

In summation to censuring her for those comments, Bacon's solution besides accused her of having "a agelong and demonstrated past of hateful rhetoric that plays into the worst antisemitic tropes."

Omar has agelong been targeted by Republicans for her disapproval of Israel. It adjacent got her removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee past February erstwhile the GOP won backmost the bulk successful the 2022 election.

Bacon told reporters past week, "To generalize, to accidental that the Jewish students are liable for this and dainty them that way, that is antisemitism, right? It's 1 happening to protestation Israel, but to agelong it implicit and accost Jewish students is wrong."

"I'm moving connected a measure close present to telephone retired Omar for what she said. She's talking astir pro-genocide oregon anti-genocide Jewish students…all this speech is each incorrect due to the fact that Jewish Americans are Americans. Quit treating them that way," Bacon said.

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Student protesters march astir their encampment connected the Columbia University campus, Monday, April 29, 2024, successful New York.  (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Fox News Digital reached retired to Omar's bureau for comment.

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A spokesperson for Omar told Axios past week regarding Bacon's comments connected preparing a censure resolution, "Attempts to misconstrue her words by drafting this baseless solution are meant to distract from the ongoing unit and genocide occurring successful Gaza and the ample antiwar protests happening crossed our state and astir the world."

Escalating tensions astatine the protests astatine Columbia and elsewhere person spurred bipartisan disapproval amid aggregate clashes betwixt students and police, resulting successful reports of radical connected some sides being injured. Jewish students astatine Columbia and different schools person besides reported feeling unsafe connected campus.