Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., appeared on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” Wednesday night to discuss efforts by House Republicans to have her removed from the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Speaker McCarthy told FOX News that the House will vote Thursday to kick Omar off the Foreign Affairs Committee after securing enough votes.for what she considered an attack on her First Amendment rights to criticize U.S. policies.
"And that comes back to the fact that they don’t actually think Muslims or, you know, refugees or immigrants in this country can appropriately criticize U.S. policy, can appropriately criticize, you know, policies of other countries. And to me, that is against my First Amendment rights. It is against what our Constitution allows. It’s against the principles we all believe as Americans, about the freedom to debate and engage in dissent," Omar said.
"And I think the most absurd part of this whole argument is somehow that you have to be an objective decision maker. That is the most ridiculous litmus test for any member of Congress. You know, we famously say vote your district," Omar said.She added,"So your perspective, the perspective of your constituents, their insight, all of that is supposed to be injected into the decision-making process.
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