Freshman Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.) apologized to his Jewish constituents during a town hall in Staten Island, New York, on March 19, for failing to protect them from Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) recent anti-semitic remarks.
Omar, a freshman Democrat, received backlash for perpetuating antisemitic tropes in early February, when she implied a prominent pro-Israel lobby group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), paid off lawmakers for their support of Israel.
