Republican bid to kick Ilhan Omar off panel is ‘spite’, fellow Democrat says

This is about vengeance,' says James McGovern of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the House rules committee

A House Republican attempt to remove Ilhan Omar from the foreign affairs committee, expected as soon as Wednesday, is about vengeance" and spite", one of the Minnesotan's fellow Democrats said.

This is about vengeance. This is about spite. This is about politics," said James McGovern of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the rules committee, as Republicans called a hurried meeting late on Tuesday to consider the matter.