Santos said this week part of his calculation for resigning from committees was to avoid being a distraction as House Republicans prepared to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the Foreign Affairs committee.
is based upon Santos issues. I think it's better that Santos is not on committees right now until he clears up these issues," McCarthy told reporters Wednesday night.
was to avoid being a distraction as House Republicans prepared to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the Foreign Affairs committee. citing some of Omar's past comments that were criticized by both parties as antisemitic. But Omar and Democrats have said removing her – and Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell last week – is political payback for GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar being removed in the last Congress for incendiary comments and sharing posts that depicted violence against another representative. They had also been accusing Republicans of hypocrisy for seating Santos and removing Omar.
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