Ilhan Omar Removed? Republican Drops Bombshell

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So now, get to the story, right? This is the big story of the day

House Minority Leader, possibly soon to be Speaker, and California Representative Kevin McCarthy

has vowed to remove Representative Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee

Now, this is a huge deal. This is a gigantic committee with a lot of power

There may just be one little hitch in his plan, and we're gonna get to that in just a second

but he was talking to a group of Jewish Republicans this week in Las Vegas when he made the announcement

and I actually wanna let you take a look at that. It was done on Saturday. Let's watch the video and see what he has to say

You know, I made another promise to you last time. There was this Congresswoman, Ilhan Omar

Boo! That's a rightful boo. I remember what she said about me

I remember what she said about Israel. Remember what she said about the relationship

I remember it so much, I promised you last year that as Speaker, she no longer would be on Foreign Affairs

and I'm keeping that promise now. Woo! Okay, so it sounds great, right

People think she's anti-Israel. A lot of people feel that way about her

and we shouldn't assign that one way or the other. We don't know what's in her heart

but we do know that a lot of people feel that way, especially a lot of Jewish Republicans

and a lot of just plain Republicans feel that way, and even people who aren't Republicans

a lot of them feel that way, just with a lot of the past comments she's made

So it sounds like an easy thing, right? He's the Speaker if he gets that job

and he's gonna remove her from that committee, right? Not so much

He can suggest it, he can pressure his caucus, but the Speaker of the House does not have the power

to remove somebody from a standing committee, and Foreign Affairs is a standing committee

The only way to actually remove Omar would be through a full vote of the House

and by a majority of the members of the House voting to remove her

Now, Republicans have the majority, and if they had the red wave or red tsunami

or red huge tidal wave that they're gonna have, that would be probably an easy vote to secure

Omar's not well-liked among a lot of Republicans, so you'd figure that would be pretty simple

but it is a razor-thin majority. There are a lot of Republicans

who may not be on board with that, but you have some conservative Democrats

who may be on board with removing her from that committee. So I would put it at about a 50-50 proposition

I think he will try it. We don't know where it's gonna land, but I would put it at a 50-50 proposition

but it's just important to note that he himself by himself does not have the power to do it

He would need a full vote of the House, and we'll see where that lands

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