Small-dollar donors rushed to defend embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar in the first three months this year, according to a new fundraising report
Small-dollar donors rushed to defend embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar in the first three months this year, as she faced charges of anti-Semitism from prominent Democrats, according to a fundraising report filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. Omar apologized, but was again accused of fueling anti-Semitic stereotypes just weeks later. Now, she has been directly targeted by President Donald Trump on Twitter, which fueled an angry conservative backlash that her allies say has sparked a rise in threats against her life.
Clyburn, the No. 3 House Democrat, came to Omar's defense earlier this year, after several of their fellow Democrats drafted legislation to formally condemn anti-Semitism, which would have specifically called out Omar by name.
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