Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., told Fox News on Monday that it was "silly" to compare President Trump with former President Barack Obama, adding: "One is human. Omar's comments came after she told Politico in an interview published last Friday that the Obama administration was responsible for the “caging of kids” at the U.S.-Mexico border and the “droning of countries around the world." After the interview was published, Omar accused Politico reporter Tim Alberta on Twitter of distorting her words. The resolution did not mention Omar by name, leading President Trump to call it "disgraceful." On Friday, the president told reporters that Democrats "have become an anti-Israel party.

Source: Fox News March 11, 2019 23:15 UTC