White House silent on if admin agrees with nominee that Omar's dual loyalty comments were anti-Semitic
August 03, 2021 at 11:33 AM EDT
In 2019, President Biden’s pick to be his administration’s envoy against anti-Semitism Deborah Lipstadt said she believed Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments from that year about U.S. lawmakers having an “allegiance to a foreign country” referred to Israel and were anti-Semitic.