Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump called on Rep. Ilhan Omar to resign from Congress over her tweets that were condemned by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle as anti-Semitic. The Minnesota Democrat apologized on Monday after she ignited a firestorm with her tweets suggesting US support of Israel is motivated by money. In a separate tweet, Omar suggested support of Israel is driven specifically by donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a prominent pro-Israel lobby group. "Anti-Semitism has no place in the United States Congress," Trump said in a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. And I think she should either resign from Congress or she should certainly resign from the House Foreign Affairs Committee."

Source: CNN February 13, 2019 03:33 UTC