OPINION: Absurd 'Anti-Hate' Resolution Is a Disgrace

Even in the most frustrating of stories, there are heroes. In the case of the watered-down piece of “anti-hate” dreck passed by the Congress Thursday, it is the 23 Republicans who refused to play the ridiculous game laid out before them.

What started as pressure to denounce the repeated anti-Semitic words of freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar was quickly broadened to protect her from the specific sting of rebuke. The idea arose of a broad pronouncement against anti-Semitism, a worthy idea since it does seem to be on the rise in...