minnesota. the house is about to vote to kick her off the house foreign affairs committee. she is speaking right now saying yes, she s a muslim, she s a refugee, she has said some controversial things but she s a proud american and her views should be considered by republicans and democrats alike. let s listen. and my leadership will be celebrated around the world as it has been. [ applause ] so take your vote or not. i am here to stay, and i am here to be a voice against harms around the world and advocate for a better world. i yield back. [ applause ] again, ilhan omar speaking a fiery address, a defiant speech on the floor of the house of representatives. the republican led house is about to vote to kick her off of the foreign affairs committee. she says it is retribution and unfair. she says it is unamerican. but it is no surprise to her. the republicans who said barack obama as president was secretly a muslim. let s get to our chief congressional correspondent manu r
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but it also comes in the very early days of this new congress and new divided government. the speaker just met with the president yesterday. they both emerged saying we re going to try to have a respectful conversation even though we disagree completely. but how will someone like this affect the tone? the democrats and the republicans are already the gap of trust, the gap of respect is pretty wide. does this make it worse? i don t think it makes things better. and i think the difference between someone like ilhan omar and her comments and marjorie taylor greene like we discussed and what she has said, ilhan omar has shown remorse and apology for those remarks. i don t recall marjorie taylor greene ever having remorse or apologies. and instead of being punished in this congress, like the way she was in the previous congress, and how ilhan omar is being punished now. marjorie taylor greene is a major speaker to speaker mccarthy. again, we re watching this vote and we ll bring you t