Trump slams Ilhan Omar's 'lame' apology and calls on her to resign

President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for her anti-Semitic comments and said she should resign from Congress.

On Monday, Omar apologized for using an anti-Semitic trope on Twitter by suggesting that members of Congress were being paid by Jewish special interest groups to take a pro-Israel position. Trump called her apology "lame" and said "she didn't mean a word of it."

The president is right; Omar's apology was lame. For one thing, she waited until leadership in both parties condemned her comments before issuing this statement:

Notice that in this apology, Omar never confesses what she did wrong. Read that statement and find where she says it was wrong to tweet "It's all about the Benjamins baby" to explain why pro-Israel congressmen defend Israel and wrong to tweet that "AIPAC," the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is the lobbying group paying them for their support. She doesn't do it.

Also, as Adam Rubenstein pointed out, she equivocates while saying "I unequivocally apologize."

And just a few hours later ...

"Lame" doesn't begin to adequately describe Omar's forced apology. She should be stripped of her committee assignments, condemned in a House resolution, and voted out of office.

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House leaders in both parties condemn anti-Semite Omar

House leadership in both parties released statements condemning Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., after she made anti-Semitic comments on Twitter.

Following pressure from Jewish groups to speak out, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., released a statement for Democratic leadership condemning Omar's "use of anti-Semitic tropes and prejudicial accusations about Israel's supporters."

Earlier, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., issued a call for Rep. Omar to be removed from the Foreign Affairs Committee. Scalise is the second member of Republican leadership in the House to call for Omar be kicked off the committee, following House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney, R-Wy.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has vowed to take "action" against Omar, criticizing her comments as "unacceptable in this country" and making reference to action he's previously taken against Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, who came under fire last month after wondering aloud in an interview how the term "white supremacist" became offensive.

There’s no word yet on whether Democrats will remove Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, or if she will face any consequences at all.

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