Pelosi Responds to Israel’s Decision to Bar Omar, Tlaib From Entering Country

Pelosi Responds to Israel’s Decision to Bar Omar, Tlaib From Entering Country
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in Washington on July 26, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has responded to Israel’s decision to block Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), who have both been accused of making anti-Semitic remarks, from entering the country over their support for an international movement aimed at marginalizing the Jewish country.
In a statement on Aug. 15, Pelosi criticized Israel for the move, saying that it was “deeply disappointing.”