(Jan. 9, 2025 / JNS) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who has called for Washington to stop funding the Jewish state, was named on Jan. 8 to replace Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) as co-chair of a House caucus on cutting defense spending.

Omar will serve alongside Lee’s co-chair, Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.). Lee ran unsuccessfully for Senate in the last cycle instead of seeking reelection.

Omar, a member of the far-left “Squad” in Congress, stated that Lee “has been an incredible leader in the fight to end exorbitant Pentagon waste.”