Trump's Venezuela envoy clashes with Ilhan Omar at hearing: 'That is a ridiculous question'

By Fox News —— Bio and Archives February 13, 2019

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The Trump administration's new special envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, clashed Wednesday with freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a House hearing on the Caracas crisis after the congresswoman tried to turn focus to Abrams' history in Latin America while asking him point-blank whether he'd support "genocide" if it served American interests. Abrams fired back, calling the line of questioning "ridiculous" and refusing to respond to the personal "attack." -- More...