A Feb. 19 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes a video that makes a dramatic claim about Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar.
“BREAKING GOP Approves Resolution to Expel Omar from Congress!” reads the post's caption. “It’s OVER For Her!”
The post was shared more than 700 times in less than a week.
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Omar was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee in early February but remains a member of Congress. The post refers to a 2019 resolution from the Alabama Republican Party to remove her from Congress.
The Republican-led House of Representatives voted to remove Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Feb. 2 for her past comments about Israel that members of both parties deemed antisemitic, as USA TODAY reported at the time.
Omar remained listed as a representative on Congress.gov as of Feb. 24. Her latest activity at that point was on Feb. 21, when a bill she co-sponsored to reduce funds for the Department of Defense was referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Despite its caption, the video in the post references a 2019 action by the Alabama Republican Party, not the Republican Party as a whole.
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