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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., listens during a news conference following a closed-door caucus lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Aides to far-left House members arrested for climate change sit-in at Schumer’s office

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks on July 25, 2019, as she introduces the Zero Waste Act at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. A federal court judge, Wednesday, July 6, 2022, has sentenced a 67-year-old Florida man to three years of probation for sending an email threatening to kill Rep. Omar and three other congresswomen three years ago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Florida man sentenced in death threat to Minnesota Rep. Omar

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., plays a recording of a death threat left on her voicemail in the wake of anti-Islamic comments made last week by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who likened Omar to a bomb-carrying terrorist, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Rep. Ilhan Omar booed at Somali music festival in Minnesota

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

In this April 20, 2021, photo Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks in Brooklyn Center, Minn., during a news conference at the site of the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by a police officer during a traffic stop. Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert apologized Friday, Nov. 26, for using anti-Muslim language in describing a recent encounter she had with Omar. In her apology, Boebert didn't address Omar's criticism that Boebert made up her story about the encounter at the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) **FILE**

Ilhan Omar faces pushback for complaining about singing Christians on airplane

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

House Committee on Homeland Security member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a hearing on &quot;meeting the challenge of white nationalist terrorism at home and abroad&quot; on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Rep. Ilhan Omar gets primary challenger over defunding police

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., plays a recording of a death threat left on her voicemail in the wake of anti-Islamic comments made last week by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who likened Omar to a bomb-carrying terrorist, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Rep. Ilhan Omar calls for House to discipline Rep. Lauren Boebert over comments

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this file photo, House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a meeting with Biden administration officials at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Mr. Jeffries is among the sponsors of the Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law, or EQUAL, Act, bipartisan legislation to reform federal sentencing for drug offenses. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

House Dem leader says ‘active discussions’ underway on how to punish Lauren Boebert

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, joined by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., pauses before speaking to reporters in the wake of anti-Islamic comments made last week by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who likened Omar to a bomb-carrying terrorist, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Muslim lawmakers press leadership to exact ‘appropriate’ punishment of Lauren Boebert

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this April 20, 2021, photo Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks in Brooklyn Center, Minn., during a news conference at the site of the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by a police officer during a traffic stop. Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert apologized Friday, Nov. 26, for using anti-Muslim language in describing a recent encounter she had with Omar. In her apology, Boebert didn't address Omar's criticism that Boebert made up her story about the encounter at the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) **FILE**

Boebert-Omar feud explodes in failed makeup call

By Kerry Picket and Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this July 27, 2021, file photo Rep. Adam Kinzingerr speaks before the House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Illinois Republican, who announced he won’t be running for reelection next year, has released a video featuring a family food-fighting over their political views. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP, File) **FILE**

Kinzinger dubs Boebert ‘TRASH’ after anti-Muslim comment

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., speaks at a news conference held by members of the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

GOP Rep. Boebert apologizes to Muslims for Ilhan Omar remarks

By James Anderson - Associated Press

In this April 20, 2021, file photo Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks in Brooklyn Center, Minn., during a news conference at the site of the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by a police officer during a traffic stop. More than 200 rabbis have joined the call to oust Rep. Ilhan Omar from her seat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, telling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a letter that her lack of response demonstrates the Democratic Parrty’s toleration of anti-Jewish hatred. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Ilhan Omar: ‘Right-wingers’ will ‘twist everything I say until I am completely silenced’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this April 20, 2021, file photo Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks in Brooklyn Center, Minn., during a news conference at the site of the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by a police officer during a traffic stop. More than 200 rabbis have joined the call to oust Rep. Ilhan Omar from her seat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, telling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a letter that her lack of response demonstrates the Democratic Parrty’s toleration of anti-Jewish hatred. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Pelosi should punish Omar, rabbis say; inaction signals Democrats tolerate anti-Jewish hate

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, whispers to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as Democrats rally outside the Capitol ahead of passage of H.R. 1, "The For the People Act," a bill which aims to expand voting rights and strengthen ethics rules, in Washington, Friday, March 8, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Pelosi insists House leadership statement on Ilhan Omar was not a rebuke

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Republicans propose censure of Ilhan Omar and ‘The Squad’ for anti-Israel, anti-U.S. rhetoric

By Joseph Clark and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Get rid of Ilhan Omar now

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Pelosi backs Jewish Dems’ rebuke of Ilhan Omar for comparing U.S., Israel to Hamas, Taliban

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Ilhan Omar’s anti-Israel, anti-U.S. rhetoric opens rift in House Democratic Caucus

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

An Israeli artillery unit fires toward targets in Gaza Strip, at the Israeli Gaza border, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli-Palestinian fighting sparks bitter political battles

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference outside the United States Postal Service Jamaica station, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

Biden blasted by AOC, Ilhan Omar for cap on refugees: ‘Xenophobic and racist policies’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times