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    House passes anti-hate resolution after furor over Ilhan Omar comments

    by Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times Mar 08, 2019 3 minutes

    WASHINGTON - The House voted Thursday to condemn anti-Semitism and other forms of hate after a protracted dispute fractured the Democratic Party over its handling of racially charged comments about Israel by freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.

    Omar, a Somali American and one of the only Muslim members of Congress, said last week that pro-Israel advocates "push for allegiance to a foreign country." Earlier this year, she apologized for suggesting that Israel's influence in Washington was based on money.

    The two statements rekindled racist tropes that have been used against Jewish people

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