by October Gallery
In an interview with director Ava DuVernay, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) talked about how she and other congresswomen ― especially the group of barrier-breaking, progressive freshmen ― support each other…
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) warned that while Democrats have directed their ire at President Donald Trump and his policies, his predecessor Barack Obama should not avoid scrutiny. In a Politico…
One day after three top Democratic presidential candidates defended Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) over charges of anti-Semitism, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) issued a noticeably different statement that seemed to admonish…
Ilhan Omar, the freshman Democrat from Minnesota who has only been in government for two months, is at the center of yet another political storm. Politicians from both sides of…
Congressional Democrats are crafting a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, in an indirect but public rebuke of one of their own, Rep. Ilhan Omar, after the latest in a series of remarks…
Scrolling through the headlines and tweet storms earlier this month calling Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) an anti-Semite for comments she tweeted about pro-Israel lobbying efforts, Margari Aziza Hill felt a…
Joe Scarborough on Thursday said the hypocrisy of Republicans who remain silent in the face of President Donald Trump’s bigoted and racist comments was “beyond breathtaking.” The co-host of MSNBC’s…
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) ― leading members of the new class of progressive congresswomen ― joined together Thursday to say…
In a rebuke, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday called on Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Muslim member of Congress, to apologize for “anti-Semitic comments.” Source link
The 116th Congress was sworn in on Thursday, and its diverse new members broke historic barriers on representation. Thursday’s swearing-in also ushered a number of individual historic firsts into power.…