Tag: Ilhan Omar

Trump Has Emboldened Republicans To Be More Hateful Than Ever To Dem Colleagues

By Emine Yücel | November 29, 2024 11:00 a.m.

Looks Like McCarthy Managed To Cobble Together Enough Votes To Oust Omar

By Emine Yücel | February 1, 2023 10:56 a.m.

Again Proving He Will Be McCarthy’s Biggest Headache, Gaetz Is ‘Undecided’ On Omar Vote

By Emine Yücel | January 31, 2023 11:59 a.m.

House Dems Call McCarthy’s Bluff On Committee Seats: He’s Just ‘Catering To The Most Extreme Members’

By Emine Yücel | January 30, 2023 12:39 p.m.

McCarthy Woos Far-Right Members By Dangling the Biggest Carrot Of All — Punishing Dems

By Emine Yücel | November 21, 2022 10:47 a.m.

Where Things Stand: Women Took Some High Profile Risks To Defend Abortion Access Today

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By Nicole Lafond | July 19, 2022 6:39 p.m.

Seventeen members of Congress were arrested outside the Supreme Court today while protesting the high court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Those arrested for “illegal demonstration activity” — aka blocking traffic during the protest — included Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA) and several others, such as Rep. Andy Levin (D-MI), the only male lawmaker arrested in the bunch.

Clyburn Backs Boebert Committee Removal But Punts It To GOP

By Cristina Cabrera | December 13, 2021 9:48 a.m.

Where Things Stand: Progressives Issue Emotional Plea For Dems To Do Something About Boebert

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By Nicole Lafond | December 8, 2021 6:15 p.m.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) introduced a resolution today, asking the House to kick Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) off her committee assignments for repeatedly and brazenly attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) with racist and hateful anti-Muslim remarks.

It’s the culmination of weeks of frustration for Omar and fellow progressives, as congressional leadership does next to nothing to discipline the far-right Boebert for making racist jokes about Omar, who is a Muslim, and insinuating that the Minnesota Democrat’s religion somehow makes her a terrorist.