Pence Calls Omar Tweets A ‘Disgrace,’ Says She Should ‘Face Consequences’

FEBRUARY 5, 2019 - WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address, with Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, at the Capitol in Washington, DC on February 5, 2019. (Doug Mills/The New York Times POOL PHOTO) NYTSOTU
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 5: Vice President Mike Pence applauds while President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol Building on... WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 5: Vice President Mike Pence applauds while President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump's second State of the Union address was postponed one week due to the partial government shutdown. (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Vice President Mike Pence joined his boss in criticizing freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who was accused of anti-Semitism earlier this week, and suggested that she should “face consequences” for the comments.

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchel reported that by “consequences,” Pence thinks Omar should be kicked off the House Foreign Affairs Committee, an idea that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has suggested as well.

Pence didn’t go quite as far as the President in his critique of Omar — who’s been accused of tweeting an anti-Semitic trope while calling out the American Israel Public Affairs Committee pro-Israel efforts in the U.S.

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  1. Mr. Vice-President, I say this with all due respect: Shut up.

  2. What a Man!!! Dence attacks!!!

    He’ll be attacking his legal defense team soon enuf when they tell him the options they have run out of.

  3. I like Ilhan Omar more by the day.

  4. He’s like the cartoon crook’s tiny little henchman who stands behind him and says “Yeah, boss! Teach him a lesson!” Not as funny, but more contemptible, though, because believe it or not this is real life. : (

  5. Did Pence condemn Trump for his tropes?

    a clip of POTUS pushing anti-Semitic tropes while speaking to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Washington, D.C. four years ago.

    “You’re not going to support me because I don’t want your money,” Trump said at the time. “You want to control your own politicians.”

    He also told the group that he is “a negotiator like you folks; we’re negotiators.”

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