Omar Faces Backlash Over ‘Present’ Vote on Armenian Genocide Resolution

Omar Faces Backlash Over ‘Present’ Vote on Armenian Genocide Resolution
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) speaks at a press conference on the Capitol on July 15, 2019. Holly Kellum/NTD
Jack Phillips
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, for her “present” vote on a House resolution to recognize the Armenian genocide, received backlash from several groups.

The resolution, H.Res.296 (pdf), passed the House by an overwhelming 405-to-11 margin and recognizes the “killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923” as a genocide.
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