Omar grills Trump envoy to Venezuela after botching his name | Fox News

Omar grills Trump envoy to Venezuela after botching his name | Fox News

OMAR GRILLS TRUMP ENVOY TO VENEZUELA AFTER BOTCHING HIS NAME: U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., blasted President Trump’s special envoy to Venezuela on Wednesday over his history of supporting right-wing governments in Latin America and his guilty plea in 1991 to two misdemeanor counts of lying to Congress but started by called him the wrong name ... Omar called Elliott Abrams, the envoy, "Mr. Adams." She went on to ask why he should be believed Wednesday after previously withholding information decades ago about the Iran-Contra affair.
A heated exchange ensued, in which Abrams said it was an "attack." Omar later posted a video of the interaction, tweeting "Peace. Justice. Human Rights. Those are the values I hold dearest and I will not apologize for them." But she left out the part where she called Abrams the wrong name.
Abrams also told the committee that he believes increasing international pressure will eventually lead to the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro. He did not predict when Maduro would step down. But Abrams said “a storm is brewing” inside his government and the Venezuelan leader “will not be able to weather it much longer.
• WATCH: Rep. Ilhan Omar slams Trump's Venezuela envoy Elliott Abrams
• Pope says not time yet for mediation in Venezuela: report