Congresswoman Ilhan Omar spoke out Saturday after days of being a target of derision from President Trump and others, and one week after the arrest of a New York man accused of threatening to kill the representative from Minnesota.
"CAIR was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties," is the full quote from Omar , though Trump and others focused solely on the"some people did something" portion, arguing that it downplays the massacre and does not acknowledge that the terrorists involved were radical Muslims.
Omar continued, calling the Trump White House,"An administration that would rather give billionaires tax breaks than provide a little cushion for working people. An administration that would rather attack fellow Americans who are transgender and wear our country’s uniform than fight for equality and opportunity for all.""I did not run for Congress to be silent.
Almost immediately, several Democratic leaders and political candidates lambasted Trump, with some accusing the president of inciting violence against Omar. Appearing on CNN Saturday, Trump campaign board member Steve Rogers attempted to put distance between what the president says or tweets and any violence that may subsequently occur.
I’d reform it, but not in a way she would want.
She is right but people on Fox are all about white nationalist not everyone in America so if you question there motive they get defensive, And call us traitors. Yes we’re not all Christian and white so grow a pair.
Caging of children started in 2014 and Ilan Omar had every chance as Dem to fight for a better outcome of migrant crisis. Dems wants Trump to fail with his promise on immigration to better their chances in 2020.They do not give a hoot about migrant children.
Stop lying Omar IlhanMN and Newsweek.
This is such BS talk and shows she is not serious in the least about working on solutions.
OBAMA DID THAT. QUIT SPREADING FALSEHOODS.
Not true, fix social security. get off this religious hate for jewish people and our foreign affairs policies. Fix domestic stuff. Forget your religion(its your private business} fix the country roads. This other crap is nonsense.
This is probably a valid point, but good luck getting anyone to agree on how to reform it.
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The liberal side has been trying to kick the can on issues of reform for awhile now.. Not to mention, who put in the 'cages' and why? The border in Overwhelmed as is... You volunteering your space?
She forgot to mention US murdered many immigrant children under ICE custody. USA, Child killers and mass murderers;
She is a racist and a liar who deserves no compassion. She provokes because she has no originality, no thoughts that distinguish her from any other leftist attention-seeker or street prostitute flashing her syphilitic genitalia at passersby.
She forgot to mention US murdered many immigrant children under ICE custody. USA, Child killers and mass murderers, freedom loving champion of democracy home of the brave.
That’s the job of Congress, your current place of employment. Stop your pandering & grandstanding, everyone, and work together to fix this major problem. It’s been going on too long.
Don’t listen to pundits. Judge for yourself... IlhanOmar
Ilhan Omar takes care of the children of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, etc etc .... She does not care about American children.
She forgot to mention US murdered many immigrant children under ICE custody. They are shameless.
This is they want her gone... She's too honest
Would rather? She's shameless.