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Republicans looking to remove Ilhan Omar from committees because Dems are trying to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene

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www.usatoday.com

Republicans target Rep. Ilhan Omar after Dems try to oust Marjorie Taylor Greene

"It’s time to stop whitewashing the actions of the violent conspiracy theorists," Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said.
www.usatoday.com

WASHINGTON – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., announced Wednesday the House of Representatives would vote Thursday to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., of her assignments from House committees due to violent and racist rhetoric and perpetuation of unfounded QAnon conspiracy theories.
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Greene "liked" a Facebook comment in January 2019 that said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., should be taken out with a "bullet to the head." In a video around that time, Greene said Pelosi was "a traitor to our country," saying it was "a crime punishable by death." She also liked other comments calling for violence against specific Democrats, including that they be hanged. She outlined conspiracies such as space lasers causing deadly wildfires in California. And she called Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg "#littleHitler."
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In retaliation, House Republicans are seeking to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from her House committee assignments.

House Republicans Brian Babin of Texas, Jeff Duncan of South Carolina, Jody Hice of Georgia, Andy Biggs of Arizona and Ronny Jackson of Texas — who, like Greene, also spread misinformation about election fraud — sponsored a proposed amendment to remove Omar from committee, first reported by FOX News.
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"Leftist Members of Congress have advocated for violence, anti-Semitism, anti-law enforcement, & other sentiments that have violated rules of decorum & principles of American decency," Biggs tweeted Wednesday. "That's why I'm calling for Rep Omar to be removed from her committee."
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TL;DR - Democrats are trying to remove Marjorie Taylor Green from House committees because she has called for Democrats to be hanged and pushed conspiracy theories about space lasers causing wildfires. Republicans are retaliating by trying to remove Ilhan Omar from House committees because she is Muslim.
 
Steel

Steel

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Oct 25, 2017
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I basically knew they were gonna try that. Both sides is their go-to trick.
 
UberTag

UberTag

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Oct 25, 2017
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Nothing but projection and false equivalencies from these fascist wannabes.
Oh and they want to send loving dog whistles to their racist constituencies.
 
Sho_Nuff82

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Their false equivalence always looks terrible at first glance and in hindsight. Remember when Paul Ryan was the next Obama?

Omar and AOC are only being compared to MTG and Madison "Red Skull" Hawthorne because millions of brains have been hardwired to think "both sides are the same", so Republicans can escape accountability again and again for letting the worst possible people into their inner circles.
 
Richiek

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"Leftist Members of Congress have advocated for violence, anti-Semitism, anti-law enforcement, & other sentiments that have violated rules of decorum & principles of American decency," Biggs tweeted Wednesday. "That's why I'm calling for Rep Omar to be removed from her committee."
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Rag

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These people have no real goals. If the only thing that motivates you to work in government is racial grievances and tax breaks for the rich, maybe go do something else.
 

Gpsych

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But...but...Omar wears a hijab! Sure, MTG denies the Parkland shooting never happened and wants to execute democratic leaders, but Omar WEARS A HIJAB!!
 
Dark Knight

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It's the same way Greene said she was going to impeach Biden. It's stunning how shameless they are but also really boring and predictable.
 
Steel

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Sho_Nuff82 said:
Their false equivalence always looks terrible at first glance and in hindsight. Remember when Paul Ryan was the next Obama?

Omar and AOC are only being compared to MTG and Madison "Red Skull" Hawthorne because millions of brains have been hardwired to think "both sides are the same", so Republicans can escape accountability again and again for letting the worst possible people into their inner circles.
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Ye-up....
 
Joni

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Let's be honest. One of them belongs to a facist religion that hates women, gay people, .. and that wants to destroy the fabric of American society. The other is a Muslim so that is the bigger crime for the GOP.
 
shadowsdarknes

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Republicans always being scorched earth. They can't just take responsibility and take the slightest effort to clean up their party.

They have to paint a Muslim woman as the most vile person in American politics.
 
Rats

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Friendly reminder that Trump made Minnesota one of his favorite campaign destinations because he was convinced that MN hates Omar so much that it would flip the entire state for him.

Trump's 2020 performance in MN was virtually identical to his performance in 2016, the same as every other Republican nominee's performance going back 30 years.

Ilhan Omar decisively retained her seat (and I voted for her!).
 
Sabercrusader

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...Isn't this literally what Greene was trying do with the Article of Impeachment against Biden on his first full day?

Like, they literally think that the response to this is to literally just do the same exact thing to the Dems? Without actually, I don't know, maybe trying to argue why the Dems are wrong? Or considering for a moment if they actually have any basis to stand on?

Who am I kidding. They know. They don't care.
 

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This will go about as well as Greene's articles of impeachment for Biden.
 
Maxim726x

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Royalan said:
This is so dangerous.
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To the GOP? Yes, it is.

I guess they want to lose the suburbs for the rest of time.

Seriously, this is fucking stupid. As is their stalwart defense of MTG. I never expect the GOP to do the right thing, but now they're just doing the stupid thing. Repeatedly.
 
julian

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"Israel is an apartheid state!"
"Jew lasers are burning California!!"

....totally the same.
And let's not get into the self-own where they're tacitly admitting anti-semitism should lose you your committee seats.
 
Dr. Monkey

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It's... really revealing that Omar's very identity is seen as "just the same" as the bullshit MTG pushes.
 
MrRob

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Yeah because a Democrat controlled house is going to vote to banish one of their members lmao..

Hope it comes to a vote so we can get all the bigots on record.
 
Huncho_Houdini

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This is exactly the problem. People trying to make the leftists equivalent to the far right. When they are simply worlds apart in terms of danger.
 

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Ilhan Omar fucking rocks. The respect I have for her is immense. Get fucked GOP. She will be a positive force in American politics for a very long time, if she chooses to be.
 
Stoof

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Couldn't even try with a white person huh

The House GOP members are a special kind of fucked up.
 
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