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Don’t tolerate hate in the name of inclusion

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Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is the poster child for the Republican Party’s problem with right-wing extremism. His fate also provides an object lesson in how American democracy has always had a knack for dealing...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Credit: Ilhan Omar for Congress via Facebook.

Anti-Israel Democrat Ilhan Omar appointed to House Foreign Affairs Committee

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, despite anti-Israel statements made by the freshman Democrat, such as tweeting that “Israel has hypnotized the world,” and her support for...
Former Clinton White House director of communications Ann Lewis. Credit: Karen Murphy/Flickr.

Former Clinton White House communications director on Tlaib, Omar, Ocasio-Cortez and Democratic agenda

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Prominent Democratic strategist and former Clinton White House communications director Ann Lewis appeared to sidestep the anti-Israel issues surrounding freshmen Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-N.Y.). Lewis was speaking at an...
Then-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer interviewed on the stage at the 2016 AIPAC Policy Conference. Credit: Lorie Shaull/Flickr.

The mission to ‘Palestine’ will hurt J Street, not AIPAC

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At first glance, it’s a one-sided struggle. On the one hand, you have incoming House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland. On the other, there is freshman Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Both Hoyer and...
Congresswoman-elect Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in 2016. Omar has endorsed the BDS movement targeting Israel. Credit: Lorie Shaull via Flickr.

Will the anti-Israel proclivities of new House Democrats affect others in the party?

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One of the biggest storylines coming out of the recent midterm elections was the changing face of the newly elected members of Congress. The incoming 116th Congress will have its largest share of women...