House Adopts Anti-Hate Measure in Bid to Calm Omar Controversy
- Resoution condemns anti-Semitism, bigotry against Muslims
- Some Democrats said earlier version focused too much on Omar
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The House voted to condemn anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry Thursday in a move Democrats hope will calm the controversy over remarks by first-year party member Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
The resolution, adopted 407-23, denounces white supremacists and discrimination against Jews, Muslims and other groups as "hateful expressions of intolerance" contrary to American values. The wording was broadened after some Democrats opposed an earlier version to more narrowly condemn anti-Semitism. Neither version mentioned Omar by name.