Ilhan Omar’s shock 9/11 remarks resurface as Republicans slam ‘absurd’ promotion in push to oust her from committees
ILHAN Omar's remarks about 9/11 that were met with backlash have resurfaced, as Republicans slammed the rep's "absurd" promotion.
Some Republicans have taken issue with being named Vice Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s subcommittee on Africa and global human rights issues this week.
Speaking on with host Mark Steyn, Hegseth said: "The idea that Ilhan Omar is even on the foreign affairs, foreign relations committee, is absurd.
"Now she’s a vice chair of a subcommittee … This is the modern-day Democrat Party – anti-Americanism writ large."
Omar received backlash after she said "some people did something" when speaking to the Council on American-Islamic Relations in March 2019 about terror attacks on 9/11.
Claims later circulated that Omar said "My people did something," but this was proved to be false, according to a fact-check from the .
He read a list of victims' names, and said to Omar: "Today I am here to respond to you exactly who did what to whom. Madam, objectively speaking, we know who and what was done," Haros Jr. said.
He insisted there's "no uncertainty about" what happened in the attack that lead to the deaths of more than 3,000 people.
"Why your confusion?" Haros Jr. questioned.
Many first responders have continued to see residual effects years later.
Addressing the controversy during an episode of On CBS’ “Face The Nation on September 15, 2019, she said: “So 9/11 was an attack on all Americans.
"It was an attack on all of us and I certainly could not understand the weight of the pain that the victims of the families of 9/11 must feel.
"But I think it is really important for us to make sure that we are not forgetting the aftermath of what happened after 9/11.
“Many Americans found themselves now having their civil rights stripped from them, and so what I was speaking to was the fact that as a Muslim, not only was I suffering as an American who was attacked on that day, but the next day I woke up as my fellow Americans were now treating me as a suspect.”
Calls to remove Omar came after Democrats called for Georgia GOP Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene to be removed from he committee assignments.
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The House voted on February 4 to remove Greene from her committees.