AOC, others blast Trump for 9/11 video coupled with Rep. Omar's comments
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump posted a video criticizing freshmen Rep. Ilhan Omar, using footage of the Twin Towers burning on 9/11 to denounce her recent comments about the attacks.
Omar has been heavily criticized by conservatives for the remarks, including by members of Congress and a Fox News host who questioned her allegiance to the United States. Members of Congress have a duty to respond to the President’s explicit attack today.@IlhanMN’s life is in danger. For our colleagues to be silent is to be complicit in the outright, dangerous targeting of a member of Congress.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez April 12, 2019 "Members of Congress have a duty to respond to the President’s explicit attack today," she wrote on Twitter."@IlhanMN’s life is in danger.
— Elizabeth Warren April 13, 2019 "The President is inciting violence against a sitting Congresswoman—and an entire group of Americans based on their religion," Warren, D-Mass., wrote on Twitter."It's disgusting. It's shameful. And any elected leader who refuses to condemn it shares responsibility for it." Ilhan Omar is a leader with strength and courage. She won't back down to Trump's racism and hate, and neither will we.
She spoke to the Muslim community about their resilience and their rights to live a full life like all Americans, saying that while the tragedy was a"nightmare," it wasn't surprising. She added that Muslims must not be defeated by hatred, should speak up for themselves, and spoke of the 9/11 attacks that changed how Muslims were treated in the country. “Here’s the truth.
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