Freshman Rep. Max Rose (D-NY) on Tuesday apologized to his constituents at a town hall who were offended by Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) latest antisemitic outburst, saying he was “horrified” by his colleague’s controversial remarks.
Rose, a U.S. Army veteran, said he disagreed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan was a mistake.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is engaged in a full-on campaign for the House Speakership and is taking nothing for granted. Her move comes as more Democrats come out against her nascent bid to regain the Speaker’s gavel she lost when Republicans took the majority in the 2010 midterm elections.
Two more Democrats running for Congress said on Tuesday that they would not vote for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to be the Speaker if Democrats take back the House.
Rep. Dan Donovan (R-NY) easily defeated former Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) in the Republican primary in New York’s 11th Congressional District on Tuesday.
