Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney on Sunday charged Democratic congressional leaders with 'protecting' Rep. Ilhan Omar's 'bigotry and anti-Semitism' by 'refusing to name her' in their anti-hate resolution that passed the House last week.
Cheney explained to NBC's "Meet the Press" she voted against the resolution because she was angry at how Democrats weren't holding Omar accountable by naming her or stripping her of seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
'I decided to vote against it because I think it was really clearly an effort to actually protect Ilhan Omar, to cover up her bigotry and anti-Semitism by refusing to name her,' Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, said on the Sunday show.
GOP Rep. Liz Cheney charged Democratic congressional leaders with 'protecting' Rep. Ilhan Omar's 'bigotry and anti-Semitism'
Rep. Ilhan Omar came under fire for suggesting that supporters of Israel were urging lawmakers to have 'allegiance to a foreign country'
'The Democrats have yet to take any action to remove her from her committee. And they've got a real problem. I mean, the extent to which they are now abiding by anti-Semitism, enabling anti-Semitism in their party is something we watched them struggle with but something that's very dangerous for the country. So I'm hopeful that they will be able to stand up and do the right thing on this,' she added.
Cheney also blasted Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer for not including Omar's name in the resolution, which condemned hateful language against a variety of groups.
'I think it is absolutely shameful that Nancy Pelosi, and Leader Hoyer, and the Democratic leaders will not put her name in a resolution on the floor, and condemn her remarks, and remove her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee,' she said.
Cheney, a member of the House GOP leadership, dismissed questions about whether her fellow Republican leaders were angry at her for voting no on the resolution.
The rest of the GOP House leadership voted in favor of it and urged other Republican lawmakers to do the same, their argument being it was a vote against hate language and they wanted to show their unity on the matter.
'You know how the Hill works. There are always those anonymous sources who are out there sniping,' Cheney said of the rumors.
'The important thing for us to be focused on and to remember, the Democrats have been in charge now for about two and a half months in the House. And in that time they've become the party of anti-Semitism, the party of infanticide, the party of Socialism,' she said.
Politico reported last week that Republicans were 'quite peeved at Cheney' for voting differently from leadership on the resolution.
Republicans hoped to contrast Democrats' attempts to handle the Omar controversy with their handling of conservative Rep. Steve King, who was charged with being sympathetic to white supremacists.
King was stripped of his committee assignments by GOP leadership, a move that left him basically powerless in the House.
The House on Thursday passed a resolution condemning anti-hate language after alleged anti-semitic comments from Omar consumed lawmakers' attention for a week.
The final vote was 407 to 23 with one lawmaker voting present. All the no votes were Republicans.
As the gavel slammed down to close the vote, it carried with it the hopes of Democratic leaders that the issue can be put to rest and the party can move forward after an internecine war broke out among Democrats over the freshman lawmaker's remarks.
The House passed a resolution condemning hate language 407 to 23
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left) and Rashid Tlaib (right) defended Omar
Omar, who is one of the first Muslim women in Congress, came under fire for suggesting that supporters of Israel were urging lawmakers to have 'allegiance to a foreign country.'
Her words split Democrats down the middle and left Pelosi in a bind: too harsh a resolution would alienate the liberal lawmakers - led by Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashid Tlaib - who have rallied to Omar's side but not harsh enough would anger powerful Jewish lawmakers and their supporters, who vote Democratic and contribute heavily to the party.
The vote, originally scheduled for Wednesday, was postponed among the outrage and as Pelosi tried to settle her ruffled lawmakers.
Democratic leaders had hoped to dispatch with the issue quickly through a hastily written resolution condemning anti-semitism.
But they broadened the text to include condemn Islamophobia and white supremacism after Omar's defenders said one form of hate should not be singled out on the House floor.
Democrats had battled over the wording of the resolution - should it directly refer to Omar and anti-semitism or should it be broadened to condemn all hate speech.
Minutes before the scheduled vote Thursday Democrats pulled it again, to add several groups not included in the original measure, including Latinos, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and LGBTQ community.
Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert took to the House floor on Thursday before the vote on the anti-hate resolution to announce his opposition to it, arguing the original measure 'should never be watered down.'
'There's never been a persecution of people like the Jewish people,' he said.
Republican Rep. Steve King, who has been accused of supporting white supremacists, was the present vote.
Some Democrats agreed with him but supported the legislation.
Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, who is Jewish, said he would vote for the resolution but was disappointed there wasn't a separate resolution just condemning Omar's comments.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (right) cleared Rep. Ilhan Omar (left) of intentional anti-Semitism in her controversial remarks
Lawmakers held a contentious debate on the House floor Thursday for nearly an hour before the vote occurred with Republicans questioning why such a resolution was necessary.
'We shouldn't have had to go through the number of versions we have had to,' GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy said, adding: 'I will pledge to you this: from this side of the aisle – and I hope you understand this clearly, any hatred, we take action.'
And Republican Rep. Doug Collins pointed out lawmakers were 'debating a resolution we should have learned in kindergarten. Be nice.'
He also criticized the measure as so 'thrown together at the last minute' that 'we left out disabled people.'
The chaos surrounding the vote reflects the disarray among the Democrats after Omar made comments that were alleged to be anti-Semitism.
Pelosi cleared Omar of intentional anti-Semitism.
'It's not about her, it's about these forms of hatred,' Pelosi told reporters at the Capitol on Thursday of the resolution.
'I don't think the congresswoman perhaps doesn't appreciate how it was heard by other people although I don't believe it was intended as anti-Semitic although that's how it was interpreted,' the speaker said.
'We're not policing the speech of our members,' Pelosi said, but argued the measure about condemning hate speech.
Omar's name was not specifically mentioned in the 1,400 word text, which some Democrats had argued for while the congresswoman's defenders countered that would require a resolution any time a lawmaker said or tweeted something offensive.
'One resolution is not mentioning her name because it's not about her,' Pelosi noted.
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Main photo article Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney on Sunday charged Democratic congressional leaders with ‘protecting’ Rep. Ilhan Omar’s ‘bigotry and anti-Semitism’ by ‘refusing to name her’ in their anti-hate resolution that passed the House last week.
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