During her press briefing on Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted squad member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for refusing to comment on the antisemitic act of terror that killed two Israeli diplomats in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night.
Omar refused to comment when confronted by reporters, saying, “I’m going to go for now.”
🚨 JUST IN: Ilhan Omar REFUSES to condemn the assassination of Israeli diplomats in DC last night
Omar is an ISLAMIC TERRORlST who needs to be deported back to Somalia.
NOT IN CONGRESS. pic.twitter.com/sstQadHDQg
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 22, 2025
Leavitt condemned Omar’s reaction to the attack, calling it “despicable.”
“It’s despicable and, frankly, we have seen a rise in antisemitic protests, of pro-Hamas protests, of terrorist sympathizers. We saw them on our college campuses and we’ve seen the Democratic Party turn a blind eye and in some cases actually embrace such antisemitic illegal behavior,” said Leavitt. “The president has made it very clear that such hatred will have no place in our country.”
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.@MaryMargOlohan: "Do you or President Trump have a message to politicians like Ilhan Omar, who this morning explicitly avoided condemning this act of terror?"@PressSec: "It's despicable…the President has made it very clear that such hatred will have no place in our country." pic.twitter.com/g9BXuhCqLh
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) May 22, 2025
Omar later took to X to condemn the attacks.
I am appalled by the deadly shooting at the Capital Jewish Museum last night.
Holding the victims, their families, and loved ones in my thoughts and prayers.
Violence should have no place in our country.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) May 22, 2025
Two Israeli Embassy staffers were gunned down by a pro-Palestinian terrorist outside the Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. on Wednesday night.
Yaron Lischinsky, 28, and Sarah Milgrim were fatally shot in the street as they left the American Jewish Committee’s ACCESS Young Diplomats Reception just after 9 pm.
The suspected terrorist accused of fatally shooting the two staffers has ties to a radical left-wing group known for leading Black Lives Matter protests and aggressively advocating for Palestinian causes.
Elias Rodriguez, 31, allegedly confessed to gunning down the couple outside the museum when he was heard chanting, “Free, free Palestine,” cops said.
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