Democracy Dies in Darkness

Trump says the Democrats are ‘anti-Jewish.’ The numbers don’t bear that out.

Analysis by
Staff writer
March 9, 2019 at 6:00 a.m. EST
On his way to visit Alabama on March 8, President Trump criticized House Democrats for broadening an anti-Semitic resolution to include more forms of bigotry. (Video: The Washington Post)

This week, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D.-Minn.) came under fire for tweeting about Israel using language that some considered anti-Semitic. In response, Democrats drafted a resolution condemning anti-Semitism.

On Thursday, after receiving pushback from some lawmakers who said Omar was being unfairly singled out, Democrats broadened the measure to denounce other types of discrimination, such as Islamophobia and white supremacy. The House passed the measure by a wide margin; 23 Republicans opposed it.