Democrats expected to lose committee assignments if House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy gets the speaker’s gavel in January say the California Republican is just pandering to party extremists — and worse.
Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Adam B. Schiff and Eric Swalwell of California chided Mr. McCarthy for reiterating over the weekend his promise to remove the three from panels related to national security.
Ms. Omar, who is expected to lose her assignment on the House Foreign Affairs Committee over her antisemitic rhetoric, responded by accusing the Republicans of “openly” tolerating “anti-semitism, anti-Muslim hate and racism in their own party.