The Controversy Over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Remarks Is Over. The Argument Over Israel Is Just Starting

House Democrats hope to put the final word on a lingering controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments on Israel by approving a broad resolution against hatred of all kinds Thursday afternoon.

But polls and interviews with the Democratic grassroots show that the move may have simply slapped a Band-Aid on a festering wound.

House Democrats hope to put the final word on a lingering controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments on Israel by approving a broad resolution against hatred of all kinds Thursday afternoon. But polls and interviews with the Democratic grassroots show that the move may have simply slapped a Band-Aid on a festering wound.