Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi doubled-down on her fierce defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar Friday; telling a packed crowd in Washington, DC that the new lawmaker “has a different experience in the use of words.”

“The incident that happened… I don’t think our colleague is anti-Semitic. I think she has a different experience in the use of words, doesn’t understand that some of them are fraught with meaning that she didn’t realize.”

Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Rep. Ilhan Omar: "I don't think our colleague is anti-Semitic. I think she has a different experience in the use of words, doesn't understand that some of them are fraught with meaning that she didn't realize." pic.twitter.com/dbYJTO7uzh — The Hill (@thehill) March 8, 2019

Omar made national headlines days ago when she viciously accused American politicians of being secretly bribed to support the State of Israel and of having a “dual allegiance” to a foreign country.