In Ilhan Omar's home district in Minnesota, her words are bringing some Jewish and Muslim activists, constituents and leaders together ... in denunciation.
Minneapolis Rep. Ilhan Omar's controversial comments about Israel and Jews have driven a wedge through her Democratic Party in Congress.
But in her home district in Minnesota, her words are bringing some Jewish and Muslim activists, constituents and leaders together ... in denunciation.U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill.Omar Jamal, Steve Hunegs, Mohamed Ahmed and Avi Olitzky agree on the characterization of language Omar used. When Omar talked about Israel"hypnotizing" the world, they said it was anti-Semitic.
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