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Al Jazeera Staff

SHOCKING: Us progressives reject republican push against ilhan omar - What They Never Told You

Minnesota's Ilhan Omar in 2018 became one of the first two Muslim women elected to the US Congress [File: Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters]

Washington, DC – When Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy mentioned the name of Muslim-American Congresswoman Ilhan Omar at a Republican Jewish Coalition conference at the weekend, boos erupted from the crowd.

“That’s a rightful boo,” the congressman responded, before promising to remove Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee because of her criticism of Israel.

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