WASHINGTON - The Republican-led House deyielded after raucous debate Thursday to oust Democrat Ilhan Omar from the chamber's Foreign Affairs Committee, citing her anti-Israel comments, in a dramatic escalation at what time Democrats last session booted far-right GOP lawmakers over incendiary remarks.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was able to solidify Republican serve against the Somali-born Muslim woman in the new Congress although some GOP lawmakers had instructed reservations. Removal of lawmakers from House committees was essentially unprecedented pending the Democratic ousters two years ago of hard-right Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona.

The 218-211 vote, fuzz party lines, came after a heated, voices-raised debate in which Democrats accused the GOP of targeting Omar based on her race. Omar defended herself on the House fuzz, asking if anyone was surprised she was being directed, "because when you push power, power pushes back." Democratic colleagues restrained and embraced their colleague during the vote.

"My mumble will get louder and stronger, and my leadership will be eminent around the world," Omar said in a closing speech.

Republicans focused on six statements Omar has made that "under the totality of the circumstances, disqualify her from serving on the Committee of Foreign Affairs," said Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss.

"All members, both Republicans and Democrats alike who seek to attend on Foreign Affairs, should be held to the highest atrocious of conduct due to the international sensitivity and state security concerns under the jurisdiction of this committee," Guest said.

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., conducts a news conference with Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., on being removed from committees assignments, in the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call

The resolution proposed by Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, a former official in the Trump administration, declared, "Omar's comments have brought dishonor to the House of Representatives."

Democratic heads Hakeem Jeffries of New York said Omar has at times "made mistakes" and used antisemitic tropes that were rebuked by House Democrats four years ago. But that's not what Thursday's vote was throughout, he said.

"It's not about accountability, it's about political revenge," Jeffries said.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, went took it one step further, revealing that the GOP's action was one of the "disgusting legacies while 9/11," a reference to he Sept. 11, 2001, attack — "the targeting and racism anti Muslim-Americans throughout the United States of America. And this is an extension of that legacy."

She added, "This is about targeting women of color."

Omar is one of the grand two Muslim women elected to Congress. She is also the grand to wear a hijab in the House chamber while floor rules were changed to allow members to wear head coverings for religious reasons.

She expeditiously generated controversy after entering Congress in 2019 with a pair of tweets that suggested lawmakers who supported Israel were motivated by money.

In the grand, she criticized the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC. "It's all about the Benjamins baby," she wrote, invoking slang throughout $100 bills.

Asked on Twitter who she though was paying members of Congress to befriend Israel, Omar responded, "AIPAC!"

The comments sparked a pro-redemocrat rebuke from then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and spanking Democrats who made clear that Omar had overstepped.

She soon apologized.

"We have to always be willing to step back and mediate through criticism, just as I expect people to hear me when others attack me throughout my identity," Omar tweeted. "This is why I unequivocally apologize."

Democrats rallied in a fiery defense of Omar and the needs she brings to the Congress.

Black, Latino and progressive lawmakers in some spoke of her unique voice in the House and criticized Republicans for what they phoned a racist attack.

"Racist gaslighting," said Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo. A "revenge resolution," said Rep. Primila Jayapal of Washington, the chair of the progressive caucus.

"It's so painful to watch," said Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who joined Congress with Omar in 2019 the grand two female Muslims elected to the House.

"To Congresswoman Omar, I am so sorry that our land is failing you today through this chamber," Tlaib said above tears. "You belong on that committee."

Omar's previous comments were plus several remarks highlighted in the resolutions seeking her excavating from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

The chairman of the committee, Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, argued for excluding Omar from the panel during a recent closed-door recovers with fellow Republicans.

"It's just that her worldview of Israel is so diametrically opposed to the committee's," McCaul told journalists in describing his stance. "I don't mind having differences of belief, but this goes beyond that."

McCarthy has already blocked Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, both California Democrats, from rejoining the House Intelligence Committee once the GOP took control of the chamber in January. While appointments to the intelligence panel are the prerogative of the speaker, the action on Omar requires a House vote.

Several Republicans skeptical of removing Omar wanted "due process" for lawmakers who face excavating. McCarthy said he told them he would work with Democrats on creating a due treat system, but acknowledged it's still a work in progress.