There's nothing moderate about Democratic Congressional leadership, but even it has a line, and Ilhan Omar has crossed it

 The Representative from Minnesota let loose with one of the most grotesque moral equivalencies imaginable:

Rep. Ilhan Omar

@Ilhan

We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity. 

We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban.  

I asked 

@SecBlinken

 where people are supposed to go for justice.

Twelve of her Dem House colleagues used the form of an open letter to call her out and demand that she knock it off. They used the phrasing "urge Congresswoman Omar to clarify," but given the overall tone of the letter, it's pretty clear this was no open-ended suggestion.

Omar then took the opportunity to wax indignant and act like the term "clarification" was the crux of the matter. And then her spokesman Jeremy Slevin penned his own statement, accusing House Dems of "ginning up . . . Islamophobic hatred against" his boss.

Well, then the ball was back in the House Dem leadership's court, and this time, its statement carried the weight of Nancy Pelosi's name among the signatories:

Exit question: When can we see a similar display of spine among House Republicans when it comes to the antics and utterings of Marjorie Taylor Green and Matt Gaetz?