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'My leadership and voice will not be diminished,' Omar says as Republicans remove her from committee [1]

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Date: 2023-02-02  

Nauseatingly, Mace tweeted about her supposed compromise by calling herself a #IndependentVoice. Yes, that’s what they usually call it when you give your leader what he wants by extracting a meaningless “commitment” for the future.

Omar was defiant in the face of the partisan, racist retaliation against Democrats for having removed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees two years ago. Greene had endorsed assassinating public officials in social media posts and embraced conspiracy theories about mass shootings being hoaxes, among other things. Republicans have accused Omar, one of the first two Muslim women in Congress, of antisemitism, an accusation based largely on her criticism of Israel’s government and support for Palestinian rights.

The vote to remove Greene was notably bipartisan, with 11 Republicans voting yes.

“My leadership and voice will not be diminished if I am not on this committee for one term. My voice will get louder and stronger,” Omar said in remarks immediately ahead of the vote. “So take your vote or not. I am here to stay, and I am here to be a voice against harms around the world and advocate for a better world.”

Earlier this week, Republican Rep. George Santos voluntarily left his committee assignments as he faces investigation for serious campaign finance violations. But whatever private pressure he may have gotten from McCarthy, he was allowed to step down himself, as his leadership has at least publicly continued to support him.

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