“Breaking News: Rep. Ilhan Omar has been removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.”
No, Ilhan Omar wasn’t just removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee
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- A Republican-controlled House voted in 2023 to remove U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from her post on the Foreign Affairs Committee.
- Omar wasn’t just or newly removed from the committee, as recent social media posts claim.
A Republican-controlled House voted in 2023 to remove U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from her post on the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Two years later, it’s purportedly happening again.
“Breaking news: Rep. Ilhan Omar has been removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee,” a Feb. 19 Instagram post said.
It showed a C-SPAN clip reflecting that 218 Republicans had voted to oust Omar from the committee, while 211 Democrats voted against dispatching her.
But the clip is old and so is this news, which doesn’t merit the badge of “breaking.”
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On Feb. 2, 2023, the House debated and voted 218-211 in favor of a Republican resolution to remove Omar over remarks she made about Israel.
Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, introduced the resolution, which said Omar “disqualified herself from serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, a panel that is viewed by nations around the world as speaking for Congress on matters of international importance and national security.”
The resolution followed bipartisan criticism Omar faced in 2019 for what some perceived as antisemitic comments. She apologized at the time for a tweet she wrote that said support for Israel was “all about the Benjamins,” referring to hundred-dollar bills.
In 2024, another “breaking” news claim circulated online, saying that Omar had been removed from the committee. But those rumors also recycled the 2023 news.
Claims it happened in 2024, and in 2025, are wrong. We rate them False.
Our Sources
Facebook post, Feb. 19, 2025
C-SPAN, House Votes to Remove Rep. Ilhan Omar From Foreign Affairs Committee, Feb. 2, 2023
C-SPAN, Debate on Removing Representative Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Feb. 2, 2023
Getty Images, Congresswoman Malliotakis calls Omar committee removal vote by 218-211-1, Feb. 2, 2023
NPR, Minnesota congresswoman ignites debate on ISrael and anti-semitism, March 7, 2019
New York Times, Ilhan Omar Apologizes for Statements Condemned as Anti-Semitic, Feb. 11, 2019.
NPR, House Republicans vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Feb. 2, 2023
