00:00This is about targeting women of color. Fiery moments on the House floor as Republicans removed Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar
00:07from the Foreign Affairs Committee.
00:09Democrats view Omar's ouster as an act of revenge from Republicans from back when some of their members were previously
00:15kicked off committees.
00:17Before the vote, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke out passionately on what she views as the difference.
00:23I had a member of the Republican caucus threaten my life and you all and the Republican caucus rewarded him.
00:30With one of the most prestigious committee assignments in this Congress.
00:34Don't tell me this is about consistency. Don't tell me that this is about a condemnation of anti-Semitic remarks.
00:42When you have a member of the Republican caucus who has talked about Jewish space lasers and an entire amount
00:48of tropes and also elevated her to some of the highest committee assignments in this body.
00:53Some Republicans take issue with Omar's 2019 tweet appearing to suggest Israel's supporters in U.S. politics were motivated by
01:00money.
01:01Words matter. Rhetoric matters. It leads to harm.
01:07Omar says she's not surprised by the outcome.
01:10I will continue to speak up for families around the world who are seeking justice, whether they are displaced in
01:17refugee camps or they are hiding under their beds somewhere like I was waiting for the bullets to stop.
01:27The vote removing Representative Omar was along party lines 218 to 211.
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