Republican leaders in the House of Representatives are preparing action against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) following her recent comments regarding the late conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA), who is running for U.S. Senate, introduced a motion on Monday to remove Omar from her committee assignments.
Carter said Omar and the “radical left have normalized meeting free speech with violence.”
The proposed measure would remove Omar from the House Budget Committee and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Omar currently serves as the ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections within the latter panel.
Omar faced widespread criticism last week after she made remarks about Kirk during an appearance with former MSNBC anchor Medhi Hasan.
She referenced Kirk’s past comments on gun control and other issues.
“But what I do know for sure is that Charlie Kirk was someone who once said, ‘Guns save lives’ after a school shooting,” Omar said.
She added, “Charlie was someone who was willing to debate and downplay the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police … downplay slavery and what Black people have gone through in this country by saying Juneteenth should never exist.”
Omar rejected