February 2, 2023 Muslim congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday. House Resolution 76 narrowly passed with 218 yay votes to 211 nays. The resolution was introduced on Tuesday by Congressman Max Miller (R-OH). Why it matters: Omar was elected to Congress in 2018. Her tenure on the influential committee began in 2019 and was marked by controversy throughout due to her statements on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 2019, she tweeted “It’s all about the Benjamins, baby” in reference to the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, aka AIPAC. Jewish groups accused Omar of invoking...