First appearance on Fox: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is facing a censure resolution on Tuesday after she referred to some Jewish students as “genocide advocates” during a recent visit to Columbia University.
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) will introduce a resolution against Omar on Tuesday, a person familiar with his plans told Fox News Digital.
The Ivy League school in New York City has become a flashpoint for nationwide demonstrations on college campuses, with students setting up tent encampments to protest the university’s financial ties to pro-Israel companies. .
Columbia Faculty is trying to prevent certain students from entering the camp, please do not enter the camp until the police are called.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) is the subject of a House Republican-led censure resolution. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Martin, File)
Omar’s daughter was one of more than 100 Columbia University students and youth who attend sister school Barnard College who were arrested last month over an encampment.
Progressive “Squad” Democrats visited the April 26 demonstration to show solidarity with pro-Palestinian protesters.
“I actually met a lot of Jewish students in the camps, and it’s really unfortunate that people don’t care about the fact that all Jewish children should be kept safe. I think so,” Omar said. fox 5 new york While there. “We do not have to tolerate anti-Semitism and bigotry against all Jewish students, whether they are pro-genocide or anti-genocide.”
Bacon’s resolution states that Omar’s “derogatory comments about Jewish students threaten to incite violence against the Jewish community.”
Columbia students say they tried to delay the mob’s takeover of Hamilton Hall, but “the police never came.”
The censure resolution will be introduced Tuesday by Rep. Don Bacon (R-Nebraska).
In addition to condemning her for these comments, Bacon’s resolution also accused her of having “demonstrated hateful rhetoric for many years that has led to the worst anti-Semitic tropes.”
Omar has long been targeted by Republicans for her criticism of Israel. It even led to her being removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee last February, when Republicans regained the majority in the 2022 elections.
“Generally speaking, it’s anti-Semitism to hold Jewish students responsible and treat them that way, right? It’s one thing to protest against Israel, but it’s amplifying that,” Bacon told reporters last week. It is wrong to interpret this and blame Jewish students.” . ”
“I’m working on a bill right now to censure Ms. Omar for her comments. She’s talking about pro-genocide or anti-genocide Jewish students…because Jewish Americans are Americans too. This story is all wrong. Stop treating them like that.” Bacon said.
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Student protesters march around an encampment on the Columbia University campus on Monday, April 29, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Jeremiah)
Fox News Digital has reached out to Omar’s office for comment.
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Omar’s spokesperson told Axios Last week, regarding Bacon’s comments about drafting a resolution of censure, he said: “The attempt to misconstrue her words by drafting this baseless resolution is a direct response to the ongoing violence and genocide taking place in Gaza. , and to distract from the massive anti-war protests taking place in our country and around the world.”
Escalating tensions at protests at Columbia University and elsewhere have spurred bipartisan criticism amid multiple clashes between students and police, resulting in injuries on both sides. There are also reports of. Jewish students at Columbia University and other schools also report feeling unsafe on campus.
