U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is pushing back on threats to remove her from key committee assignments. Speaking on Fox News on Sunday, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy threatened to make the move over what he called anti-Semitic comments.

Omar said in a statement that McCarthy's comments were an example of "fear, xenophobia, Islamophobia and racism." Omar is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee.

It wouldn't be the first time a House member has been removed from their committee assignments over controversial statements. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green was stripped of her assignments in February 2021.

Amy Koch is a political strategist, former Minnesota Senate Republican majority leader and co-host of the podcast Wrong About Everything.