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  Fine.  I am certainly not going to expend any effort defending her.  The only member of the Squad who has any value to me, and is worth protecting, is AOC.  The rest should be primaried with better Democrats that aren't embarrassing, and who do little more than provide ammunition for Republicans.
context: Next congress:
  Anyone who supported the "stolen election" lie, anyone who defended any of the Jan. 6 criminals, anyone who participated in the fake elector schemes, anyone who said anything supportive of Putin (from 2016 to present) -- banned from all committees.  
  Retaliation is on. >
  
  Remember this Democrats.
  Anyone is fair game if you retake the House.
  Republicans want to destroy the institution of Congress, let them. Don't be the bigger person if the shoe is on the other foot in 2 years or however many years. >
  
  While I agree with you, lots of their voters don't. Besides, they will never win brinkmanship because Republicans are willing to burn the country down and Democrats aren't. Caring about effects on people is a weakness in extreme politics. >
  
  Revenge. What a wonderful principle of governance. (Oh wait. The GQP isn't concerned with governance ... ) >
  
  
  A bitterly divided House on Thursday ousted Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, from the Foreign Affairs Committee over past comments about Israel that were widely condemned as antisemitic, as Republicans moved to cater to the demands of right-wing members and mete out reprisals to their political adversaries.
  The 218 to 211 vote, with one member voting “present,” settled a partisan score that has been festering since 2021, when the House, then controlled by Democrats, stripped Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona of their committee assignments for social media posts in which they endorsed violence against Democrats.
  The removal of Ms. Omar delivered on a threat that Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California made at the time to retaliate if his party took the House majority by removing Democrats whom Republicans regarded as unfit to serve on committees. Last week, he unilaterally removed Representatives Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, both of California, from the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where membership is appointed and thus not subject to a vote. >
  
  I don’t thing modern politicians have become more racist, I just think they’ve gotten worse at disguising it. Not like it matters when there’s never any accountability I suppose. >
  
  Covert racism is bad and causes all kinds of hidden psychological damage.
  But overt racism is worse.  After George Wallace it was unacceptable and Reagan only used a dog whistle on it.  Trump has resurrected the sadistic doctrine of "hurting the right people." >
  
  In my state, the losing MAGA candidate literally tried to murder all the elected democrat representatives after the election. Meanwhile a literal grifter gets elected in NY. >
  
  To be fair, criticizing a foreign government is tantamount to publicly threatening violence towards your colleagues and aiding an attempted insurrection.  /s >
  
  Fine.  I am certainly not going to expend any effort defending her.  The only member of the Squad who has any value to me, and is worth protecting, is AOC.  The rest should be primaried with better Democrats that aren't embarrassing, and who do little more than provide ammunition for Republicans. >
  
  The House Democratic caucus thought it was worth defending her, evidently.
  Both the Republicans and Democrats have tried their best to oust Omar during primaries and generals, but take it from someone who lives across the river from her district - they like her, they think she represents them well enough, and they will probably keep voting for her.
  And we in MN don't take too kindly to a bunch of money coming in from outside to try and convince us backward Midwesterners that we keep voting for the wrong people. It's sort of off-putting and counterproductive. >
  
  Next congress:
  Anyone who supported the "stolen election" lie, anyone who defended any of the Jan. 6 criminals, anyone who participated in the fake elector schemes, anyone who said anything supportive of Putin (from 2016 to present) -- banned from all committees.  
  Retaliation is on. >
  
  Remember this Democrats.
  Anyone is fair game if you retake the House.
  Republicans want to destroy the institution of Congress, let them. Don't be the bigger person if the shoe is on the other foot in 2 years or however many years. >
  
  While I agree with you, lots of their voters don't. Besides, they will never win brinkmanship because Republicans are willing to burn the country down and Democrats aren't. Caring about effects on people is a weakness in extreme politics. >
  
  Revenge. What a wonderful principle of governance. (Oh wait. The GQP isn't concerned with governance ... ) >
  
  
  A bitterly divided House on Thursday ousted Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, from the Foreign Affairs Committee over past comments about Israel that were widely condemned as antisemitic, as Republicans moved to cater to the demands of right-wing members and mete out reprisals to their political adversaries.
  The 218 to 211 vote, with one member voting “present,” settled a partisan score that has been festering since 2021, when the House, then controlled by Democrats, stripped Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona of their committee assignments for social media posts in which they endorsed violence against Democrats.
  The removal of Ms. Omar delivered on a threat that Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California made at the time to retaliate if his party took the House majority by removing Democrats whom Republicans regarded as unfit to serve on committees. Last week, he unilaterally removed Representatives Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, both of California, from the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where membership is appointed and thus not subject to a vote. >
  
  I don’t thing modern politicians have become more racist, I just think they’ve gotten worse at disguising it. Not like it matters when there’s never any accountability I suppose. >
  
  Covert racism is bad and causes all kinds of hidden psychological damage.
  But overt racism is worse.  After George Wallace it was unacceptable and Reagan only used a dog whistle on it.  Trump has resurrected the sadistic doctrine of "hurting the right people." >
  
  In my state, the losing MAGA candidate literally tried to murder all the elected democrat representatives after the election. Meanwhile a literal grifter gets elected in NY. >
  
  To be fair, criticizing a foreign government is tantamount to publicly threatening violence towards your colleagues and aiding an attempted insurrection.  /s