White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders insisted at her first press briefing in 42 days that President Trump has called out 'abhorrent' language in the GOP, just as he has targeted Democrats for comments attacking Israel.
Trump blasted Democrats publicly as 'anti-Israel' and 'anti-Jewish' on Friday after they declined to formally reprimand Rep. Ilhan Omar for making allegedly anti-Semitic comments and reportedly told donors at a fundraiser that evening that they 'hate' Jewish people as he spoke from his private club in Florida.
Sanders did not deny that Trump expanded his argument behind closed doors when it came up at her briefing.
Instead she said, 'The president's been an unwavering and committed ally to Israel and the Jewish people and frankly the remarks that have been made by a number of Democrats and failed to be called out by Democrat leadership is frankly abhorrent and sad and it's something that should be called by name.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders insisted at her first press briefing in 42 days that President Trump has called out 'abhorrent' language in the GOP, just as he has targeted Democrats for comments attacking Israel
'It shouldn't be put in a watered down resolution. It should be done the way the Republicans did it when Steve King made terrible comments,' she said.
Trump never spoke out against the GOP lawmaker who was stripped of his committees but remains a federal legislator. Sanders called his comments 'abhorrent' at the time, but the Twitter-happy president did not condemn him.
She argued Monday that they are one in the same, because she speaks for the president. And like her comments on King, after the Iowa lawmaker praised white nationalism, she said that Trump would like to see Democrats calls out anti-Semitic behavior.
On principle, Sanders declined to comment on leaked comments from the president's fundraiser about Democrats and their alleged detest for Jews.
She suggested that a reporter 'ask Democrats what their position is since they're unwilling to call this what it is, and call it out by name, and take actual action against members who have done things like this' and claimed the moral high ground for Republicans.
Trump openly called the House vote last week on a resolution condemning hate language a 'disgrace' from the White House after Democrats expanded it to touch other minority and religious groups at the last minute.
'The Democrats have become an anti-Israel party, they have become an anti-Jewish party,' he said as he left the White House for Alabama. 'And I thought that vote was a disgrace. And so does everybody else, if you get an honest answer.'
President Trump blasted Democrats as anti-Israel and anti-Jewish on Friday after they declined to formally reprimand Rep. Ilhan Omar for making allegedly anti-Semitic comments
The House passed a resolution condemning hate language on Thursday after alleged anti-semitic comments from Rep. Omar consumed lawmakers' attention this week, caused an internecine war among Democrats and bringing the wrath of Republicans.
It did not condemn Omar specifically, and at the last minute, Democrats added hate language about minority groups, including Muslims, to the resolution.
The final vote was 407 to 23 with one lawmaker voting present. All no votes came from Republicans.
As the gavel slammed down to close the vote, it carried with it the hopes of Democratic leaders that the issue could be put to rest and the party could move forward to their signature legislation — a sweeping anti-corruption in bill that comes for a vote on Friday.
Republican Rep. Steve King, who has been accused of supporting white supremacists, was the sole present vote.
The House passed a resolution condemning hate language 407 to 23
Democrats in the House of Representatives will vote Thursday on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and other hateful speech following anti-Israel comments by Ilhan Omar, who is seen Thursday at a House Foreign Affairs Committee
Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert took to the House floor before the vote on the anti-hate resolution to announce his opposition to it, arguing the original measure 'should never be watered down' with additional minority groups.
'There's never been a persecution of people like the Jewish people,' he said.
Some Democrats agreed with him yet supported the legislation anyway.
Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, who is Jewish, said he would vote for the resolution but was disappointed the House did not bring forward a separate resolution condemning Omar's comments.
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 Islamophobia and white supremacism after Omar's defenders said one form of hate should not be singled out over others.
Minutes before the scheduled vote, Democrats pulled the resolution again, to add several groups not included in the original measure, including Latinos, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and the LGBTQ community.
Lawmakers held a contentious debate on the House floor 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.
He added: 'I will pledge to you this: from this side of the aisle – and I hope you understand this clearly, any hatred, we take action.'
The chaos surrounding the vote reflected the disarray among the Democrats after Omar made a series of comments that were alleged to be anti-Semitic.
'We're not policing the speech of our members,' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said of the measure condemning hate speech.
Trump, who has himself been accused of anti-Jewish commentary in the past, said anti-Semitism 'has fueled atrocities throughout history'
Speaker Nancy Pelosi cleared Rep. Ilhan Omar of intentional anti-Semitism, saying the freshman lawmaker didn't appreciate how her comments were interpreted by others
Pelosi defended the decision to drop Omar's name 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 argued.
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.
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' in a reference to Israel.
Her words have split Democrats down the middle and overshadowed Democrat's legislative priorities.
Pelosi would not be brought into the debate over whether or not Omar should apologize.
'It's up to her to explain but I don't believe she understood the weight of her words,' the speaker said on Thursday.
President Donald Trump, who has himself drawn accusations of anti-Semitism on several occasions, denounced Democrats on Twitter.
'It is shameful that House Democrats won't take a stronger stand against Anti-Semitism in their conference,' the president tweeted. 'Anti-Semitism has fueled atrocities throughout history and it's inconceivable they will not act to condemn it!'
House Democrats updated their resolution on condemning hate language, changing the original version (left) to include Latinos, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and LGBTQ community (right)
It's at least the third time Omar has forced older, pro-Israel Democrats who run the House into awkward territory over U.S.-Israeli policy.
A retracted claim that moneyed Jews buy the support of U.S. lawmakers with a strategy that's 'all about the Benjamins baby' got her into hot water recently. She was defending herself when she talked about 'allegiance' to Israel during a panel conversation.
Omar has not apologized for her latest remarks, and Pelosi said Friday she doesn't think he Muslim colleague is actually anti-Semitic.
'I think she has a different experience in the use of words, doesn’t understand that some of them are fraught with meaning that she didn’t realize,' the House speaker said.
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