Democrats Are Again Fueling GOP Talking Points About Ilhan Omar

After 12 House Democrats slammed their colleague on Wednesday, top House Republican Kevin McCarthy seized an opportunity to divide his opponents.

Twelve House Democrats sparked a potentially costly intraparty feud on Wednesday by publicly criticizing their colleague Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a longtime target of the right, in a statement that amplified Republican talking points about the Democratic Party and misrepresented Omar’s views. During a Monday hearing, Omar asked Secretary of State Antony Blinken where he believes victims of human rights abuses worldwide can pursue justice given the Biden administration’s opposition to the International Criminal Court and the failure of national courts to investigate alleged war crimes. She specifically cited two contexts in which she said both U.S. partners and their opponents should be investigated: the Israeli-Palestinian dispute and the war in Afghanistan.  “We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity,” Omar later tweeted, condemning atrocities by militant groups ― Hamas and the Taliban ― as well as by Washington and the U.S.-backed Israeli and Afghan governments.