He obviously doesn’t care if she gets death threats. Trump’s bigotry will get people killed.
He distorted her remarks on 9/11 through editing. I can’t forgive his disgusting behavior about 9/11. See below for details. What a self-centered lying bigot.
It's pretty amusing how regularly the Trump cultists manage to
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) April 16, 2019
1) thunder with great outrage at the very suggestion that Trump would ever attack Rep Omar in order to foment anti-Muslim hate
while in the same tweet
2) spewing disgusting, bigoted slurs about Rep Omar
For anyone who lived or worked in NY & the fact that the attacks occurred on a beautiful Tuesday morning during early rush hour is seared into our brain. How can one “forget” that? https://t.co/4EsXwNxGh9
— Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) April 16, 2019
“[I]f Omar is a target, it has little to do with what she said and everything to do with who she is: A black Muslim woman — and an immigrant — whose very person disrupts the exclusionary ideal of a white Christian America.” https://t.co/q07Vb4l3vA
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) April 16, 2019
.@ThePlumLineGS gets at Trump's real motivation in demonizing Ilhan Omar https://t.co/bdz8G1BWL1
— Peter Beinart (@PeterBeinart) April 15, 2019
Folks who have taken issue with politicians using 9/11 in political contexts over the years have been silent on POTUS tweeting a video of the burning twin towers https://t.co/HBPjxCmBSL
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 16, 2019
Trump was explicitly asked if he regretted his tweet about Ilhan Omar that led to threats.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 16, 2019
No, he said, because she's "unpatriotic" and she's "got a way about her" that's bad for the country.
https://t.co/v2FVrRhy3q
REPORTER: Congresswoman Omar says your video led to direct threats on her life. Any second thoughts?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 16, 2019
TRUMP: "No, not at all." pic.twitter.com/wiSNptg0F3
Trump's history of inciting violence against Muslims started well before his recent attacks on Rep Ilhan Omar – he has been stoking hate versus Muslims for years and Trump's fans have answered by plotting to kill Muslims. My new @thedailybeast article: https://t.co/fecyKktUZ8
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) April 15, 2019
“It is cruel because Trump essentially delivered his political rant while standing on desecrated graves. The images he employed not only included burning buildings but burning human beings, drafted into a sad and sordid political ploy.” https://t.co/GKxAlKGnHx
— Michael Gerson (@MJGerson) April 15, 2019
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday flatly rejected charges of anti-Semitism against freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar amid verbal attacks by President Trumphttps://t.co/cTEkx5yIJq
— POLITICO (@politico) April 16, 2019
Don’t expect Trump to stop targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar. It looks like his newest 2020 strategy. https://t.co/FwRsZpCELB
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 16, 2019
Sad! 