Republican lawmakers in Alabama are trying to remove Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar from Congress.

The state’s Republican Party passed a resolution last weekend during a summer meeting in Auburn that called for the congresswoman to be expelled from Congress, AL.com reported. Omar, one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, has been criticized for her comments about Israel. The resolution, which Alabama Representative Tommy Hanes proposed, states that Omar “dismissed the 9/11 terror attacks” and “sympathized with a convicted...

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