Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said she doesn't disagree with the resolution's contents, to recognize the Armenian genocide, but does disagree with its timing.
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to officially recognize the Ottoman Empire's genocide against Armenians, but a single Democrat voted"present." Now, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar is facing backlash for that decision.
In a statement, Omar said that a"true acknowledgement" of genocide must also include atrocities committed by the U.S. Omar also retweeted anthropologist Michael Oman-Reagan, who said,"Meanwhile many of the people who voted for it today have historically NOT supported the content of the resolution, but now support the way it's being used. See?"
Story continues"Innocent people were and are being slaughtered, and there is a universal need to defend the victims of genocide and ethnic cleansing, not to stand with or defer to the murderers," Krikorian said.
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