D-Minn. Rep. Ilhan Omar avoided answering reporters’ questions and refused to condemn the shooting in Washington, D.C., which killed two Israeli embassy staff members leaving the capital’s Jewish Museum Wednesday night.
“I'm going now.” Omar, the first Somali American elected to Congress, told reporters when asked if she would react to the shooting.
Omar's spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News numbers.
Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim left and killed the museum Wednesday night. According to the Israeli embassy, the two plan to get engaged soon.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the first two Muslim women in Congress, has been an advocate for the Palestinian cause. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
A pro-Palestinian man was arrested as Elias Rodriguez, 30, of Chicago, was identified as Elias Rodriguez, the government said.
Omar is one of the top two Muslim women in Congress and has been an advocate for the Palestinian cause. She reviewed comments from the Jewish community, including when she appeared at the Columbia University camp in April 2024 and said that all Jewish children should be safe, “whether they are dietary or antibacterial agents.”
Omar's daughter, Israel Hirsi, was also arrested in a pro-Palestine protest at Columbia University the same month.
Lischinsky was born in Israel and raised in Germany. Although his father was Jewish, his mother was Christian and his family was considered Christian. Milgrim is a U.S. employee working in the Israeli embassy.
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Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky are about to get engaged. (Israeli Foreign Ministry)
President Donald Trump and other Republicans have spoken out and marked the attack as an anti-Semitism.
“These terrible DC killings are clearly based on anti-Semitism and must end now!” he wrote in a Truth Society post. “Hate and activism have no place in the United States. Condolences to the victim's families. Sadly, such things can happen! God bless everyone!”
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In addition, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said those responsible for the attack would face justice.
D-Minn. Rep. Ilhan Omar was under scrutiny of comments about the Jewish community. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Rubio wrote on X on Thursday: “We condemn two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in the strongest words for murdering two staff members. Our prayers are prayers with loved ones. It is a timid, strong act of anti-Semitic violence. No doubt. No doubt: We will be good: We will track down those in charge and bring justice.”
Fox News's Greg Norman contributed to the report.
