Ilhan Omar confronts Elliott Abrams over human rights
In her first committee hearing since apologizing for what were widely condemned as anti-Semitic remarks, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., confronted the U.S. special envoy to Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, over his record of support for right-wing governments in Latin America. Abrams was appearing at a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee titled “Venezuela at a Crossroads.” Omar, a freshman, began by pointing out that Abrams over the Iran-Contra affair, a plot hatched by the Reagan administration to assist rebels trying to overthrow the ...
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