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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., leaves the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. House Republicans have voted to oust Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The vote in a raucous session on Thursday to remove the Somali-born Muslim lawmaker came after her past comments critical of Israel. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Republicans stripping Ilhan Omar from her committee seat compromises free speech

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., leaves the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. House Republicans have voted to oust Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The vote in a raucous session on Thursday to remove the Somali-born Muslim lawmaker came after her past comments critical of Israel. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Ilhan Omar claims anti-immigrant bias from Republicans with ouster from committee

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Republicans set to oust Rep. Omar from Foreign Affairs panel

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., with Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., right, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Washington. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., has nominated the two California lawmakers for the Intelligence Committee in open defiance of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's vow to block them. Jeffries asked that Schiff and Swalwell be reappointed to the Intelligence panel. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Republicans say they have votes to oust Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks to the crowd at the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party's election night party after winning reelection early Wednesday morning, Nov. 9, 2022, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) **FILE**

GOP lawmaker introduces resolution to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., plays a recording of a death threat left on her voicemail in the wake of anti-Islamic comments made last week by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who likened Omar to a bomb-carrying terrorist, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

House GOP eyeing backdoor tactic to block Rep. Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Speaker McCarthy losing GOP support to strip Dems from committees

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, of Calif., speaks during a news conference, Nov. 15, 2022, after voting on top House Republican leadership positions, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican Party’s narrow capture of the House majority is poised to transform the agenda in Washington, empowering GOP lawmakers to pursue conservative goals and vigorously challenge the policies of President Joe Biden and his administration. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

McCarthy set to bounce Democrats Schiff, Omar and Swalwell from House committees

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Leora Levy talks to delegates at the State Republican Convention, May 7, 2022, in Mashantucket, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Trump scores more wins in GOP primaries in Connecticut to Minnesota

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar waves to passersby for support during a voter engagement event on the corner of Broadway and Central Avenues in Minneapolis, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Omar faces a primary challenge from former city council member Don Samuels. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

Pro-police Democrat nearly wipes out Ilhan Omar in Minnesota primary

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., listens during a news conference following a closed-door caucus lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Aides to far-left House members arrested for climate change sit-in at Schumer’s office

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks on July 25, 2019, as she introduces the Zero Waste Act at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. A federal court judge, Wednesday, July 6, 2022, has sentenced a 67-year-old Florida man to three years of probation for sending an email threatening to kill Rep. Omar and three other congresswomen three years ago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Florida man sentenced in death threat to Minnesota Rep. Omar

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., plays a recording of a death threat left on her voicemail in the wake of anti-Islamic comments made last week by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who likened Omar to a bomb-carrying terrorist, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Rep. Ilhan Omar booed at Somali music festival in Minnesota

In this April 20, 2021, photo Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks in Brooklyn Center, Minn., during a news conference at the site of the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by a police officer during a traffic stop. Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert apologized Friday, Nov. 26, for using anti-Muslim language in describing a recent encounter she had with Omar. In her apology, Boebert didn't address Omar's criticism that Boebert made up her story about the encounter at the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) **FILE**

Ilhan Omar faces pushback for complaining about singing Christians on airplane

House Committee on Homeland Security member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a hearing on "meeting the challenge of white nationalist terrorism at home and abroad" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Rep. Ilhan Omar gets primary challenger over defunding police

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, Minnesota Democrat, (second from left), reported collecting over $832,000 for her campaign. This puts her ahead of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (left), and other prominent lawmakers. In 2018, Ms. Omar won her congressional race with 78% of the vote. (Associated Press)

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“This debate today is about who is going to be an American,” Ms. Omar said in a floor speech before the vote.

Ilhan Omar kicked off Foreign Affairs Committee →

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