House Republicans Will Not Allow Rep. Ilhan Omar on Foreign Affairs Committee: Scalise

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) speaks during a press conference in Washington on Sept. 29, 2022. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for We, The 45 Million

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said during press conference Tuesday that Republicans will remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee if Democrats appoint her.

Omar has on several occasions come under fire for negative comments about Israel, which critics have described as “antisemitic.”