MSNBC Host Admits Inconvenient Truth About Ilhan Omar Committee Removal

But the truth is more complicated than that. As Melber pointed out, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lorded over the process that resulted in two Republicans — Reps. Paul Gosar (R‑Ariz.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R‑Ga.) — being stripped of their committee assignments two years go. And, as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has explained, Omar was only removed from the Foreign Affairs Committee.“Speaker Pelosi did boot people off the committee. That is where it started,” Melber said on his show. “You can say for better reasons, but once you go down the road of saying you’re going to police committees this way, I do think it gets to really difficult tradeoffs.“Surprisingly, Melber expressed agreement with both sides of the issue, first noting that Omar is guilty of making anti-Semitic statements, while also toeing …