An extremist House Republican’s attempt to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) failed by just one vote on Wednesday, after Democrats maneuvered against it.

A vote to table the censure resolution succeeded 214 to 213 , with all Democrats and four Republicans voting to kill the measure. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina), would have removed Omar from her assignments on the Education and the Workforce Committee and the Budget Committee.

Mace claimed her censure effort was about Omar’s criticism of Charlie Kirk. In an interview last week, Omar had offered sympathy to Kirk’s family, while criticizing many of Kirk’s far right beliefs and condemning Republicans for their attacks on the left following the shooting.

However, Republicans have attempted to cen

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