Pelosi says House leadership 'did not rebuke' Omar over comments

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"We did not rebuke her. We acknowledged that she made a clarification," Pelosi told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union." "Congresswoman Omar is a valued member of our caucus. She asked her questions of the Secretary of State. Nobody criticized those, about how people will be held accountable if we're not going to the International Court of Justice. That was a very legitimate question. That was not of concern."

The dust up within the party began Monday when Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, tweeted that "we have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban," along with video of her questioning Secretary of State Antony Blinken that day during a House hearing.

Asked if she wants people to let the matter go, Pelosi replied, "She clarified, we thanked her, end of subject."

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez later added, "As Speaker Pelosi said, we are putting this behind us and I believe that we will ultimately come together as a caucus."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/13/politics/pelosi-ilhan-omar-democrats-cnntv/index.html

I'm not sure if this is the most appropriate thing to hound someone over when a certain former POTUS said "we have killers too" and nobody lost sleep over it. People might start to ask white, I'm sorry what, is the difference here.

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1. Democrats are doing well right now.

Some are trying to find any angle to divide us.

The only thing shocking about Omar’s comment is that people actually acted shocked when they were told to.

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2. Exactly, all around

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3. "She clarified, we thanked her, end of subject."