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Precipitated by the recent vile comments from anti-Semitic Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D), the House passed a resolution to condemn hate and bigotry in all its forms Thursday. Despite the overwhelming and bipartisan support that the resolution received, ABC’s World News Tonight chose to pretend as though it never happened. They instead chose to sensationally share the disturbing and twisted confession of Chris Watts, who killed his wife and two young girls.
On CBS Evening News, anchor Jeff Glor dedicated a news brief to the resolution’s passage. “Late today, the House overwhelmingly approved an anti-hate resolution. This was sparked by recent comments by freshman Democrat Ilhan Omar who suggested that Israel's supporters in the U.S. have flit split loyalties,” explained to viewers.
“House Democrats proposed a resolution condemning anti-Semitism but later broadened it to oppose all forms of bigotry,” he added. Glor also noted that Republicans made up the 23 “nay” votes but informed viewers that they wanted the resolution to be about Omar specifically.
Meanwhile, on NBC Nightly News, they actually appeared to call out “progressive Democrats” for sticking with Omar. “Now to Capitol Hill where the House late today passed an anti-hate resolution after remarks by a freshman Democrat were criticized as anti-Semitic and left the Democratic Party divided,” announced anchor Lester Holt.
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