Late Thursday night, the house passed a resolution condemning “antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism, and other forms of bigotry,” after freshman members and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) accused their leadership of unfairly targeting Ilhan Omar, a representative from Minnesota, over her recent comments accusing Israel advocates of dual loyalties."I thought yesterday’s vote by the House was disgraceful," Trump said. "Because the Democrats have become an anti-Israel party, an anti-Jewish party, and I thought that vote was a disgrace, and so does everyone else if you get an honest answer. If you get an honest answer from politicians they thought it was a disgrace."US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Trump has “redefined chutzpah," after Trump slammed the democratic party on Friday.“For the president, who when neo-Nazis marched in Charlottesville in front of a synagogue and said ‘burn it down’ and he said ‘both sides’ are to blame, this is a new divisive low,” Schumer wrote on Facebook.The resolution passed 407-23 with Omar's support.The Somalian-born Muslim renewed controversy over her Israel stance when she questioned “the political influence in this country that says it is okay to push for allegiance to a foreign country” at an event with supporters. It was the third instance in as many months in which the freshman congresswoman questioned the patriotism of Americans supportive of Israel.Michael Wilner contributed to this report.President Trump on the Democrats' anti-hate resolution that was designed to protect Ilhan Omar: "The Democrats have become an anti-Israel party. They've become an anti-Jewish party. I thought that vote was a disgrace and so does everybody else if you get an honest answer" pic.twitter.com/h5fesf59qG
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Trump calls Democrats 'anti-Jewish' amid Omar-antisemitism fiasco in Congress
Late Thursday night, the house passed a resolution to condemn “antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism, and other forms of bigotry."
