(Shawn Thew/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)Two Jewish House Democrats, alarmed by what they view as anti-Semitic comments from new Muslim colleagues, are urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants to denounce the divisive rhetoric and take action to stop it. The last straw came Sunday night, when Omar suggested in a tweet that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) only supported Israel for campaign donations. She has also claimed to be the victim of GOP attacks seeking to misrepresent her position on Israel as anti-Semitic. Sincerely, American Jews,” Ungar-Sargon wrote back to Omar on Twitter. Omar had initially said she didn’t understand why American Jews would be offended by the statement, which critics argued evoked ugly Nazi conspiracies about Jewish people’s power to “hypnotize” the world.

Source: Washington Post February 11, 2019 11:31 UTC