Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is raising eyebrows with a social media post alleging two Supreme Court of the United States justices were "accused sexual predators."
The negative response on Twitter to her unsubstantiated remarks Wednesday was immediate.
The controversy raged after Omar, who has aligned herself with the left wing of the Democratic Party, tweeted a link to a report of the high court's hearing the first major abotion case since President Donald Trump's conservative appointees — Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh — joined the bench.
"Two accused sexual predators should not be deciding whether or not women have access to healthcare in this country," Omar tweeted along with the news story link.
She followed up quickly with two more posts.
"Abortion is a constitutional right," she said in the first followup, adding in a second, "Abortion is healthcare."
Commentator Tim Young slapped back, tweeting:
"There's more evidence that you married your brother to commit immigration fraud than there is for your false claims about Supreme Court Justices."
Another critic, Chris Manning, a former Libertarian candidate took issue with abortion being healthcare, tweeting:
"Healthcare is heart bypass surgery to keep a heart beating Abortion is an intentional act to stop a heart from beating. Healthcare is providing rehabilitative and cognitive treatment to those with disabilities Abortion is the killing of an unborn child with disabilities"
In answer to the constitutional claim, another poster chided:
"I'll mail you a copy of the Constitution since apparently you have never read it."
Still another poster slammed the congresswoman, alleging:
"And people accused of immigration fraud shouldn't serve in Congress yet here we are."
Omar did not offer any evidence for her accusation. Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing, however, centered on attacks by women who alleged sexual misconduct decades ago. He denied the accusations.
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