Most voters disagree with Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s recent comparison of the United States to terrorist groups such as Hamas and the Taliban, according to a new poll.
The poll, conducted by Rasmussen and released on Wednesday, shows that 61% of voters disagree with Omar’s recent “anti-American rhetoric” that has sparked backlash on social media and on Capitol Hill.
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Conversely, only 24% agreed with the remark, and 15% did not indicate one way or the other.
“We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban,” wrote Omar in a tweet, sparking backlash. “I asked [Secretary of State Antony Blinken] where people are supposed to go for justice.”
“We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity,” she added in the tweet earlier this month.
Political affiliation was a major factor in the average as 80% of Republican voters, 41% of Democratic voters, and 57% of independent voters disagreed with the comparison.
Lawmakers who make particularly controversial comments are sometimes censured and, in rare cases, are stripped of their committee assignments.
A whopping 65% of Republican voters supported censuring Omar over the remarks, while that figure drops to 35% for Democratic voters.
Fifty percent of unaffiliated voters supported censuring as well.
In contrast, only 26% of Republican voters, 46% of Democratic voters, and 31% of unaffiliated voters opposed the idea.
Omar is unlikely to be censured by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has already said she would not be penalizing Omar as she had a “right to” criticize America.
“I think that she clarified her remarks, and we accept that, and she has a point that she wanted to make, and she has a right to make that point,” the House speaker told a group of reporters on Friday.
The decision came after 12 Jewish House Democrats condemned Omar in a letter and multiple Republican House members called for Omar to be penalized.
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After Pelosi mostly brushed Omar’s statement, more than 200 rabbis sent her a letter that slammed her for not condemning the Democratic congresswoman more strongly.
“We reiterate that the mob attacks on American Jews today are directly attributable to the rhetoric of Rep. Omar and those who stand with her within and beyond Congress,” the rabbis wrote.
The coalition said Pelosi’s response to the controversial comments was “far too mild” and argued that a more acceptable response would be for Omar to be removed from her position on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
