Ilhan Omar, Eric Swalwell hit back at McCarthy over pledge to block them from House committees - Fox News

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's pledge to artifact Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell, Adam Schiff and "Squad" subordinate Ilhan Omar from committees adjacent Congress drew a beardown effect from the lawmakers. 

Omar, a Minnesota Democrat who has been accused of making antisemitic statements, claimed that McCarthy's pledge was conscionable different illustration of her being targeted by Republicans. 

"From the infinitesimal I was elected, the Republican Party has made it their ngo to usage fear, xenophobia, Islamophobia and racism to people maine connected the House Floor and done millions of dollars of run ads," said Omar. "McCarthy’s effort to repeatedly azygous maine retired for scorn and hatred—including threatening to portion maine from my committee—does thing to code the issues our constituents woody with. It does thing to code inflation, healthcare, oregon lick the clime crisis." 

Omar said the "constant watercourse of hate" from conservatives has led "led to hundreds of decease threats and credible plots against maine and my family." 

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat who has been accused of making antisemitic statements, claimed that McCarthy's pledge was conscionable different illustration of her being targeted by Republicans.  (Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM)

"Instead of doing thing to code the unfastened hostility towards spiritual minorities successful his party, McCarthy is present lifting up radical similar Marjorie Taylor Greene … and truthful galore others," she said. 

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McCarthy, the Republican designee for the adjacent House speaker, told Fox News' Maria Bartiromo connected Sunday that erstwhile his enactment takes power of the House successful January, it volition marque bully connected a long-held committedness to barroom Omar, Schiff and Swalwell from committees. 

Rep. Kevin McCarthy said that Rep. Eric Swalwell's anterior relation with a Chinese spy, Rep. Adam Schiff’s promotion of Russia collusion theories and Rep. Ilhan Omar’s disapproval of Israel were disqualifying.  (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)

The GOP person said that Swalwell's anterior relation with a Chinese spy, Schiff’s promotion of Russia collusion theories and Omar’s disapproval of Israel were disqualifying. 

"One happening I said from the precise beginning, Eric Swalwell cannot get a information clearance successful the nationalist sector," said McCarthy. "Why would we ever springiness him a information clearance and the secrets to America? So, I volition not let him to beryllium on" the House Intelligence Committee. 

"Please ellipse backmost if Kevin McCarthy becomes speaker," a spokeswoman for Rep. Eric Swalwell told Fox News Digital. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

"You person Adam Schiff, who lied to the American nationalist clip and again – we volition not let him to beryllium connected the [Intlligence] Committee either," McCarthy added. "Look astatine Congresswoman Omar, her antisemitic comments that person gone forward. We're not going to let her to beryllium connected Foreign Affairs."

Schiff's bureau did not instrumentality petition for remark connected this story. Swalwell's legislature office, meanwhile, was un-phased by McCarthy's pledge. 

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"Please ellipse backmost if Kevin McCarthy becomes speaker," a spokeswoman for Swalwell told Fox News Digital.