Sen. James Lankford James Paul LankfordMcConnell works to lock down GOP votes for coronavirus bill Charities scramble to plug revenue holes during pandemic Warren calls for Postal Service board members to fire DeJoy or resign MORE (R-Okla.) said early Wednesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar Ilhan OmarOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Trump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' Democrats scramble on COVID-19 relief amid division, Trump surprise MORE's (D-Minn.) apology for comments that have been criticized as anti-Semitic was "entirely appropriate," even as President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE and others have said she did not go far enough.

"I do accept Rep. Omar’s apology and I think it’s entirely appropriate," Lankford said on CNN's "New Day."

"She’s a brand-new, freshman representative," he continued. "Sometimes you get out there and you say things and then you try to correct it. For any of us that are on television, like right now, you get questions, you make responses or you put out a tweet trying to be funny or to try to press a point, and sometimes you go over the line."

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Omar apologized on Monday for comments the previous day suggesting that U.S. support for Israel is the result of money flowing from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, an influential lobbying group. In her apology, she said her “intention is never to offend my constituents or Jewish Americans as a whole.”

Her statement came after Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare House lawmakers reach deal to avert shutdown Centrist Democrats 'strongly considering' discharge petition on GOP PPP bill MORE (D-Calif.) and other Democratic leaders had called on her to apologize for using "anti-Semitic tropes."

Republicans have seized on Omar's comments and called on Democratic leaders to remove her from her post on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, though House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Steny Hamilton HoyerOn The Money: Powell, Mnuchin stress limits of emergency loans | House seeks to salvage vote on spending bill | Economists tell lawmakers: Kill the virus to heal the economy House moves toward spending vote after bipartisan talks House Democrats mull delay on spending bill vote MORE (D-Md.) indicated that will not happen.

Some Republicans have continued to rail against Omar despite her apology. Trump on Tuesday called on the Minnesota Democrat to resign either from Congress or from her committee post, and Vice President Pence called her apology "inadequate."