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 (D-Minn.) on Tuesday blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for devoting more time to her than to anti-Semitic violence in his speech to a pro-Israel conference.

Omar has been a frequent target at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference this year, with attendees including Vice President Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard PenceButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Trump argues full Supreme Court needed to settle potential election disputes Pence adviser knocks ex-staffer who criticized Trump on COVID-19 MORE, Rep. Ted Deutch Theodore (Ted) Eliot DeutchShakespeare Theatre Company goes virtual for 'Will on the Hill...or Won't They?' Florida Democrat introduces bill to recognize Puerto Rico statehood referendum Matt Gaetz, Roger Stone back far-right activist Laura Loomer in congressional bid MORE (D-Fla.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerSenate Democrats introduce legislation to probe politicization of pandemic response Schumer interrupted during live briefing by heckler: 'Stop lying to the people' Jacobin editor: Primarying Schumer would force him to fight Trump's SCOTUS nominee MORE (D-N.Y.) all taking shots at her without mentioning her name.

Omar responded Tuesday to a tweet from journalist Nathan Guttman noting that Netanyahu had devoted more time in his AIPAC address to Omar than to the 2018 mass shooting in Pittsburgh, when a white nationalist killed 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue.

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“White supremacist violence is on the rise globally. Right-wing extremists killed more people in the US in 2018 than any year since 1995. Anti-Semitic violence accounted for 58% of religious hate crimes. Yet the topic Netanyahu chose to focus on was…me,” Omar tweeted.

“I —like so many others—have not criticized AIPAC because of its membership or the country it advocates for. I’ve criticized it because it has repeatedly opposed efforts to guarantee peace and human rights in the region,” she added.

White supremacist violence is on the rise globally. Right-wing extremists killed more people in the US in 2018 than any year since 1995. Anti-Semitic violence accounted for 58% of religious hate crimes.



Yet the topic Netanyahu chose to focus on was…me. — Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) March 26, 2019

Omar also criticized Netanyahu for seeking to form a coalition with Israel’s far-right Otzma Yehudit party and remarks by a member of AIPAC’s national council tying Omar and her fellow Muslim representative Rep. Rashida Tlaib Rashida Harbi TlaibTrump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' George Conway: 'Trump is like a practical joke that got out of hand' Pelosi endorses Kennedy in Massachusetts Senate primary challenge MORE (D-Mich.) to the Muslim Brotherhood.

Omar has been at the center of a political firestorm since February, when she tweeted that lawmakers' support for Israel was “all about the Benjamins, baby” and later expressed concerns about “the political influence in this country that says it is OK for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country.”

Her critics have accused her of invoking anti-Semitic stereotypes about Jewish people holding “dual loyalties.”