Senior Democrat Calls Out Freshman Omar Over Israel Comments

Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, asked freshman House Democrat Ilhan Omar to retract and apologize for comments questioning “the loyalty of fellow American citizens.”

“It’s unacceptable and deeply offensive to call into question the loyalty of fellow American citizens because of their political views, including support for the U.S.-Israel relationship,” Engel, a New York Democrat, said in a statement. “This episode is especially disappointing following so closely on another instance of Ms. Omar seeming to invoke an anti-Semitic stereotype.”