Part 1: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defends Ilhan Omar

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave an impassioned speech in defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar, saying that the GOP-led House’s vote on whether to remove the Minnesota Democrat from one of her committee assignments is “about targeting women of color.” The House voted along mostly partisan lines to remove Omar, a Somali American, from the Foreign Affairs Committee after Republicans began the process a day earlier. The GOP claims Omar is antisemitic due to her criticism of the foreign policy relationship between the U.S. and Israel. Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aoc-ilhan-omar-house-committee-removal_n_63dbf831e4b01a4363931bf2 #shorts