Omar Backs Warnock: ‘Nobody Can Serve God and the Military’

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) defended Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock's claim that "nobody can serve God and the military" on Wednesday, calling criticism of Warnock's comments "a disgrace and shameful."

Omar—who has her own history of controversial comments about U.S. troops—came to Warnock's defense, after the Washington Free Beacon reported on his 2011 sermon in which he argued there is a conflict between serving God and the military. Video of the sermon drew sharp criticism from Republicans this week, including calls for Warnock to drop out of the race from Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.) and Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.).

Omar said in a Twitter post that Warnock was quoting biblical Scripture from "Mathews [sic] 6:24."

"The lies and smears of the GOP have no boundaries, but this is a disgrace and shameful," she wrote.