‘Scary time': Democrat representative Ilhan Omar avoids condemning Jewish Museum shooting
Fox News contributor Joe Concha has weighed in on the horrific shooting in Washington DC that killed a Jewish couple.
Two Israeli embassy staff were shot by a gunman who chanted 'free Palestine'.
Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar ducked from reporters when questioned on the incident.
'When you hear a sitting congresswoman of the United States just not say a very simple thing – which is 'this is horrible',' Mr Concha told Sky News host James Morrow.
'We can't even see a lawmaker condemn that.'
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