Why Ilhan Omar Never Should've Been Seated on the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the First Place
Her ouster rights a great wrong, but the odious Omar remains a force on Capitol Hill
House GOP Adamantly Correct to Kick Rep. Omar off Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-MN) ouster last Thursday from the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) is richly deserved, but for reasons even more fundamental than those detailed in the resolution removing her from the panel.
The congresswoman's hostility towards Jews and the Jewish state of Israel, her related attempts to draw moral equivalence between jihadists and Israeli and American forces, and the broader anti-Western worldview that pervades the rhetoric recounted in the removal resolution make her a uniquely repugnant figure—now officially so, as determined by her House colleagues.
But the reality is that Rep. Omar should have never been allowed to serve on the HFAC in the first place. By appointing her to that post, Democrats knowingly and recklessly endangered U.S. national security—a crucial but overlooked point in the Omar saga.
This is because, while the committee touches on nearly every sensitive issue vital to U.S. national security and foreign policy, an extensive investigation into Rep. Omar's background suggests she would have never been able to pass a basic background check for any national security position—let alone one at the level required of a member of the HFAC.
I undertook such an investigation into Rep. Omar, and laid out this argument in painstaking detail in my 2020 book-length exposé on the congresswoman, American Ingrate.
I revisit that argument in a new piece at Newsweek.
Last Friday Seth Leibsohn was kind enough to have me on his show to expand upon this theme, and speak more broadly about Omar’s significance within the Democrat Party.
Likewise, Tim Graham had me on the Newsbusters podcast to speak about the media’s scandalous coverage (or lack thereof) with respect to Omar—one of the myriad shameful threads in the broader Omar saga.
Biden Papers
Separately, below is my hit from “Mornings with Maria” last week on the Biden Papers.