Disgusting and dangerous
Trump used his Twitter account to boost a baseless smear claiming that @IlhanMN partied on the anniversary of 9/11, a claim that’s based on footage of her dancing that wasn’t actually taken from that day https://t.co/7Y5oBKZnkL
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 18, 2019
A Twitter spokesperson tells @donie that Terrence K. Williams deleted the tweet that smeared Omar — Twitter did not remove it. (Trump's tweet promoting the now-deleted smear remains active.)
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 18, 2019
Rep. Ilhan Omar said Trump's retweet of a video falsely claiming she celebrated the anniversary of 9/11 "puts [her] life at risk."
— Axios (@axios) September 18, 2019
Twitter is currently looking into the matter.https://t.co/R7V0t7bGpv
Since July, I've written stories on Trump falsely accusing Omar of calling Jews evil, Trump falsely accusing Omar of saying Al Qaeda makes her proud, and Trump sharing a tweet falsely accusing Omar of dancing on the anniversary of 9/11.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 18, 2019
1/ Anatomy of a smear: progressive activist @AdamGreen posts on Sept 13, at a reception for the Congressional Black Caucus annual legislative conference, video of @IlhanMN dancing:https://t.co/sYFKN76rto
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 18, 2019
If anyone is still wondering, this is the event where Rep. Ilhan Omar was dancing, on September 13. The president, who has repeatedly smeared Omar, promoted a video claiming she was dancing on the September 11 anniversary. pic.twitter.com/G20rzLHV3F
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 18, 2019
On the retweet Trump did, which falsely claimed she was dancing around 9/11 – this appears to be yet another in a four year effort to validate his debunked claim of seeing “thousands” of cheering Muslims in NJ that day. https://t.co/HuSxExLPGt
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 18, 2019
Sad! 