Omar was ejected along party lines in a 218-211 vote. No Republican joined Democrats in opposing her removal from the committee, though Rep. David Joyce (R., Ohio) voted present.
The anti-Israel Democrat has a history of using anti-Semitic rhetoric and tropes that has earned her censure from within her own party. In 2012, Omar said that “Israel has hypnotized the world.” Criticizing the pro-Israel lobbying group American Israel Public Affairs Committee in 2019, she said, “It’s all about the