How Rich Is Congresswoman Ilhan Omar?
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Rep.IlhanOmarwasrecentlyoustedfromtheHouseForeignAffairsCommitteeoverpastremarksconstruedbycriticsasanti-Semitic.
OmaristhefirstSomali-AmericanmemberofCongress,thefirstwomanofcolortorepresentMinnesotaandoneofthefirsttwoMuslimwomeneverelectedtoCongress.
Hercurrentnetworthisamatterofsomedispute.
Rep.IlhanOmar,40,theU.S.RepresentativefromMinnesota’s5thcongressionaldistrict,hasnevershiedawayfromcontroversy.However,commentsshehadpreviouslymadeaboutIsraelwerereferencedbyRepublicansasareasonforherrecentousterfromtheHouseForeignAffairsCommittee.
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OmarwasremovedonFeb.2,withthevotebeing218-211alongpartisanlines.Republicansgesturedtowardcommentsshemadein2019and2021thatwereconstruedbycriticsasanti-Semitic;shereferredtoIsraelasan“apartheidstate,”andin2011comparedtheUnitedStatesandIsraelwit