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Ilhan Omar Sees GOP Support for Keeping Her Foreign Affairs Seat

Democrat has apologized for remarks criticized as anti-Jewish
Schiff is backing Omar, said move to oust her is retribution

Representative Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, center. — Representative Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, center.
Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

By

Victoria Cavaliere and

Katherine Doherty

January 29, 2023, 5:36 PM UTC

Democrat Ilhan Omar expressed confidence that she’ll keep her seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, saying allegations she is antisemitic are part of efforts by political foes to smear her.

“To insinuate that I knowingly said these things, when people have read into my comments to make it sound as if I have something against the Jewish communities, is so wrong,” Omar said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”