Trump doubles down on his terrible attacks on Representative Omar

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

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
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) April 16, 2019

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.

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
— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 16, 2019

REPORTER: Congresswoman Omar says your video led to direct threats on her life. Any second thoughts?

TRUMP: "No, not at all." pic.twitter.com/wiSNptg0F3
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 16, 2019

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

I support Representative Omar

I don’t agree with everything she has said but I defend her against the attacks from Trump. His video distorts her message by showing only parts of what she said. She’s already getting death threats and will get more thanks to Trump.

Republicans will do nothing to defend her and Democrats haven’t done enough. This is a strategic move by Trump to divide the Democratic Party and I am sure he will attack people who defend her.

He’s the bigot and should be ashamed of his disgraceful behavior.

As a Jew, I’ve defended some of @IlhanMN’s comments while being deeply bothered by others. Having said that, the attack on her by the UNDENIABLY antisemitic, Islamophobic, xenophobic, misogynistic and generally racist President of the United States is horrifying. #IStandwithIlhan
— Charles Gaba (@charles_gaba) April 13, 2019

This sums up where I am very well.

Ilhan Omar never downplayed the events of 9/11. She is a cosponsor of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.

Meanwhile, Mitch McConnell tried to defund the medical assistance for 9/11 first responders. Where's the outrage?
— Denizcan James (@MrFilmkritik) April 13, 2019

Donald Trump, chief respecter of 9/11:

1. Went on TV on 9/11 and bragged he now had the tallest building in lower Manhattan

2. Spent years falsely claiming that Muslims in New Jersey celebrated as towers fell

3. Collected 150K in recovery funds meant to assist small business
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 13, 2019

“Be civil! When they go low, go high.”

Is basically—

“When they attack and incite until you are silenced or dead, we will celebrate what an honorable martyr you were while doing nothing to stop the violence that silenced you .” @IlhanMN needs support and protection. NOW.
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) April 13, 2019

Going high has failed. We have to fight back. There’s no bottom for how low Trump and his cult will go.

Our country is made better by Rep. Ilhan Omar’s voice and leadership in Congress. I am thankful for her courage and praying for her safety.

All Americans of good conscience must stand with the Muslim community & speak up against anti-Muslim bigotry stoked by inciteful rhetoric.
— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) April 13, 2019

As a Senator who represents 9/11 victims, I can't accept any minimizing of that pain. But Trump's dangerous rhetoric against @IlhanMN is disgusting. It’s a false choice to suggest we can’t fight terrorism and reject Islamophobic hate at once—a president should do both.
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) April 13, 2019

An important point: is any Republican or conservative critical of Omar willing to acknowledge Trump is inciting violence against a political opponent? Or will they deny the obvious, as in other examples of him inflaming racial resentment, and thus enable him as he does so? https://t.co/XF7HTvpdTZ
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) April 13, 2019

The President’s hateful, anti-Muslim attack on Congresswoman Omar is disgusting & dangerous.

Those enabling him ought to be ashamed. They are using 9/11 as a political ploy & it is just plain wrong. But they will not divide us. We have your back, @Ilhan.
— Rep. Jim McGovern (@RepMcGovern) April 13, 2019

President Trump targets Rep. Ilhan Omar with a video of Twin Towers burning https://t.co/XnGctbMKmZ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 13, 2019

The President’s posting of an edited video of my colleague @Ilhan is beyond disgusting. His, and the New York Posts, use of out of context quotes to further divide our nation goes past uncivilized to dangerous.
— Albio Sires (@RepSires) April 13, 2019

Dan Crenshaw faked outrage over @IlhanMN's totally benign comments to spark a news cycle on Fox News and whip up his base. Now that base is bombarding her with death threats, and he wants to play dumb. Cannot overstate how rotten modern Republican politics have become. https://t.co/rymA8mpU25
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) April 13, 2019

In fact, @IlhanMN, has been outspoken in trying to call Saudi Arabia to account for the global violence that its extremist ideologies have played a role in.

Meanwhile, Trump refuses to reign in Saudi Arabia’s repression and terror 18 years after 9/11.
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) April 13, 2019

“A search for Omar’s name on Twitter reveals a host of recent death threats, including some lobbied at her and follow Democrats Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Rashida Tlaib.”#IStandWithIlhan https://t.co/WUwmevTAb4
— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) April 13, 2019

Shabbat shalom to @IlhanMN and our Black & Muslim family.

The attacks on you from the President are violent and unconscionable.

Our Jewish community has your back. We will not be silent. We will keep fighting for a world where your faith & your leadership are respected.
— Bend the Arc: Jewish Action (@jewishaction) April 13, 2019

Nearly 3,000 treasured lives were taken on 9/11. They should never be turned into pawns on a political chess board. Nor should a fellow American and public servant’s life be placed in danger by those appealing to hate rooted in Islamophobia.
— Antonio Delgado (@DelgadoforNY19) April 13, 2019

White House photos don’t represent American diversity

No big surprise here – white supremacist Trump surrounds himself primarily with white people. They are primarily men, too.

In image after image emanating from the White House, Trump is seen almost exclusively with white people, writes @DavidNakamura — a “vivid, if unspoken, statement of the distance between the president and wide swaths of a nation.” https://t.co/akGMUx7CMh
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) April 4, 2019

I thought this photo was photoshopped. It’s not. https://t.co/bzo5XQQRaG
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) April 6, 2019

Trump wants to limit aid to Puerto Rico

He only cares about his base. We have seen this over and over. Sad!

"At an Oval Office meeting on Feb. 22, Trump asked top advisers for ways to limit federal support from going to Puerto Rico, believing it is taking money that should be going to the mainland, according to senior administration officials" https://t.co/JNtdYVsPL0
— Mark Berman (@markberman) March 25, 2019

NEW: More than 1 million Puerto Ricans just had their food stamp benefits cut, a devastating blow as the island tries to rebound from Hurricane Maria.

–Parents go hungry so their kids can eat
–HIV Clinics can't afford supplies https://t.co/VLvvL8sET6 @JStein_WaPo @jdawsey1 pic.twitter.com/YWszBfgRt1
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) March 25, 2019

*while being not white https://t.co/KGsn9C0Lzp
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) March 26, 2019

HUD inspector general’s office says it’ll look into whether White House interfered with Puerto Rico disaster aid https://t.co/EMDOM09CB7
— Damian Paletta (@damianpaletta) March 26, 2019

Trump privately complains about Puerto Rico aid to GOP senators as he boasts a "clean bill of health" from Mueller probe, tells Rs to not kill the GND so he can run on it, and other things. w/ @jdawsey1 @pkcapitol https://t.co/YXb98jOyQl
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) March 26, 2019

Counties that hosted a 2016 Trump rally saw a 226 percent increase in hate crimes

This story has been buried by the obsession over the Mueller report but it’s really important. Trump’s hateful rhetoric sparks hateful acts. Words have consequences. He always denies it but it is clearly true. Sad!

The other Friday report. https://t.co/SLHYgLB2Lh
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) March 23, 2019

Trump isn’t inviting women’s teams to the White House

How Donald Trump is making sports team visits "about food and about himself" https://t.co/1WprC57wHN pic.twitter.com/AVEKjEI3zc
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 5, 2019

NEW from me: ‘Where are the women’s teams?’: Trump ignores women’s champions in White House sports ceremonies https://t.co/cGVfYRPE3F
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) March 4, 2019

Trump and other Republican bigots need to shut up about Representative Omar

They are in no position to talk. Trump has said many anti-Semitic things and never apologized. I am Jewish and I will never forgive him for saying neo-Nazis included very fine people. He has no right to call Omar’s apology insincere. How would he know? At least she apologized.

The rest of the Republican bigots need to keep their mouth shut too. Trump wants Omar to resign but he has supported Steve King. Total hypocrisy!

Soros, globalists, Jewish money — Trump is a practiced trafficker in the same kinds of anti-Semitic stereotypes he demanded that Ilhan Omar resign over. https://t.co/mceaJKeYg7
— Mark Landler (@MarkLandler) February 13, 2019

GOP strategist: Republicans 'lack moral authority' to call for Rep. Omar's resignation.https://t.co/cWh2ABW7ts
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 13, 2019

Hi @realDonaldTrump–

You have trafficked in hate your whole life—against Jews, Muslims, Indigenous, immigrants, black people and more. I learned from people impacted by my words. When will you? https://t.co/EqqTyjkiNE
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) February 13, 2019

Pelosi just reiterated this now, and said: "No" when asked if Omar would be removed from committees as GOP is demanding. "A newcomer member of Congress has apologized for her remarks. It took them what, 13 years to notice Steve King?" https://t.co/LUG0wsKxhu
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 13, 2019

I really wish this had happened back in 2016 when the president’s supporters were sending death threats to Jewish reporters. https://t.co/9epROftO2C
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) February 13, 2019

Question.

At an event last year, Pence said of Steve King "I just couldn’t be more proud to have served with him in Congress.”

Did he ever condemn him or tag him in a tweet?https://t.co/d9D5USy00W
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) February 13, 2019

"If you denounce Ilhan Omar but support Donald Trump, you don’t really oppose bigotry. You don’t even really oppose anti-Semitism. What you oppose is criticism of Israel," writes @PeterBeinart:
https://t.co/2ZXIKdNBA3
— The Forward (@jdforward) February 12, 2019

"During 2016, Mr. Trump’s final television commercial featured grainy images of George Soros… who has become a potent symbol for anti-Semites; Janet L. Yellen & Lloyd Blankfein, then [head of] Goldman Sachs, all Jewish, as Trump warned darkly about 'global special interests'" https://t.co/kmNgig9wra
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) February 13, 2019

The man who continues to employ a white nationalist in the White House is required to sit this one out. https://t.co/CajvquOCTk
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) February 12, 2019

Mr. President, Congresswoman @IlhanMN apologized for using an anti-Semitic trope & demonstrated leadership. When have you ever apologized for your embrace of white nationalism & your exploitation & amplification of anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, racist, xenophobic, anti-LGBTQ hate? https://t.co/MAsdHkZbdg
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) February 12, 2019

Donald Trump personally traveled to Iowa to campaign for Steve King in 2014 saying he has “the right views.”https://t.co/Rp3U7xfraK
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) February 12, 2019

FWIW, Trump to the Republican Jewish Coalition: "I'm a negotiator, like you folks…..You’re not going to support me because I don’t want your money…You don’t want to give me money and that’s OK. You want to control your own politician, that’s fine." https://t.co/6aMeMublUU https://t.co/jE0sxjSm9Y
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) February 12, 2019

Trump’s bigoted tweet on the Trail of Tears

Trump referred to the TRAIL in a tweet on Warren. Once again, he’s a bigot – and Trump, Jr. is proud of it.

Trump appears to mock “Trail of Tears” – Presidential historian @profdbrinkley says it’s “fair game” to criticize @SenWarren, but this went way too far: #TrailofTears #CNN pic.twitter.com/0fioqr4yms
— Brooke Baldwin (@BrookeBCNN) February 11, 2019

Trump's racist Elizabeth Warren taunts have entered a new phase | Analysis by CNN's Zachary B. Wolf https://t.co/sOsLfr2t1p pic.twitter.com/p0cFI38K1I
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 11, 2019

Trump will get real nasty for the 2020 election, especially if it appears he would be indicted once he is no longer president. There’s no bottom to his bigotry.

Jake Tapper calls out Trump Jr.’s "blatant racism" https://t.co/kgfyu0W7ME
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 11, 2019

1) President makes joke about a time the US government killed thousands of Native Americans 2) People point out he did that 3) President’s son applauds president for doing that 4) Fox guy mocks people for suggesting president is knowledgeable enough to do that https://t.co/wTrx20X8Ll
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 10, 2019

beyond base https://t.co/gT5FJbqNc9
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) February 11, 2019

There is no way that Donald Trump, who talks about how much he loves Andrew Jackson all the time, does not know about the Trail of Tears. There is no other interpretation of this tweet that I understand. He is making a joke about genocide against Native Americans. https://t.co/71DuX0mhy0
— Ben Dreyfuss (@bendreyfuss) February 9, 2019

The president's use of the word trail in all caps is a potential reference to the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation of Native Americans from their homelands to reservations in Oklahoma in the 1800s. https://t.co/TJ4mgmAvZY
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) February 10, 2019

This is deliberate, not a potential mockery.

When high school kids taunt opponents with “Trail of Tears” references, they get suspended: https://t.co/sM3ME6FtQE

When the President of the United States does it, Republicans celebrate him.

We hold children to higher standards than we hold the President of the United States.
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) February 10, 2019

How Fox News covered Trump's "Trail of Tears" genocide joke: “You can recognize a historical tragedy while at the same time also making fun of someone who misrepresented themselves.” https://t.co/Cp4zVnbEFS
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 11, 2019

Trump appears to make Trail of Tears joke in tweet mocking Elizabeth Warren https://t.co/hJOw3cjYGz
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 10, 2019

If you thought Trump was too historically ignorant to joke about genocide, think again. pic.twitter.com/OjHkg54VmJ
— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) February 10, 2019

That this racist joking about the Trail of Tears comes from the President is awful. That 66,000 people (and counting) liked it might be even more depressing. https://t.co/Av0p4HZTWN
— Christina Reynolds (@creynoldsnc) February 10, 2019

I try to never dignify this man’s tweets, but there is little doubt here that he uses “TRAIL” to evoke the genocidal Trail of Tears, and does so to land a political jab. Warren has taken justifiable heat on this issue—but he used the murders of Indigenous people as a punchline. https://t.co/LiyK2iruDF
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 9, 2019

To conservatives defending Trump's Native American-themed taunts toward Elizabeth Warren as mockery of her shaky claims of being NA: If a candidate had misrepresented himself as Jewish, would you say it's fine to mockingly refer to him as "Shlomo" & make jokes about ovens?
— Cathy Young (@CathyYoung63) February 11, 2019

Northam must go but Republicans should shut up

Republicans can’t talk:

Trump is a bigot.

Steve King is a bigot.

Several southern Republicans made racist statements during the 2018 elections and were elected.

McConnell posed with a Confederate flag.

None of this excuses Northam’s behavior but since Republicans tolerate racism, they can’t talk about the Democrats.

If you're going to criticize Virginia Democrats for blackface, it might help if you had criticized Trump for the Central Park 5, lying about Obama's birth certificate, vilifying Mexicans and Muslims, defending Nazis in Charlottesville, or endorsing racists Steve King & Roy Moore.
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) February 6, 2019

Asymmetry is even more evident when we look at wall-to-wall coverage of what Northam did more than 30 years ago compared to yawns about Cindy Hyde-Smith’s racism during the 2018 campaign. Not one Republican calling for Northam to go have called for any action against Hyde-Smith.
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) February 4, 2019

You supported a presidential candidate who was literally endorsed by David Duke (and didn't disavow it) and later called white nationalists "fine people." Are you on crack? https://t.co/DlOztdSdEX
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) February 4, 2019

What a joke. It's like Trump Jr. doesn't remember pussy grabbing, Roy Moore, affairs with porn queens, Mexican rapists, shit hole countries, good Nazis, or a thousand other disgusting things. And it only works for him because Fox doesn't report the truth. It's all a sad joke. https://t.co/zH63SmmSmh
— John Oberlin (@OMGno2trump) February 3, 2019

Media should be asking: Why Ted Cruz make Steve King the co-chair of his campaign in 2016? https://t.co/Ea20iopFck
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 3, 2019

Hey, @realDonaldTrump

Your dad was arrested at an actual KKK rally. https://t.co/axdz6eYTjN
— Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) February 3, 2019

In wake of Northam controversy, @SenSherrodBrown describes Trump as unequivocally as possible as "a racist" and cites the many examples in his career to support that description. Contrast remains b/twn D party urging accountability from Northam & Rs repeatedly excusing Trump. https://t.co/rcG6Jq1fbR
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) February 3, 2019

You worked for a man who praised Nazis, tried to enact a Muslim ban and is pushing for a racist border wall. So you can sit down. https://t.co/klUj3q0YnF
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 2, 2019

REPUBLICANS DEMAND RESIGNATIONS:

When Clinton’s unfaithful. But not Newt Gingrich.

When Eliot Spitzer sees a hooker. But not David Vitter.

When Al Franklin touches. But not Trump.

When Ralph Northam is racist. But not Steve King. Or Donald Trump. Or Mitch. Or etc etc etc.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) February 2, 2019

It is incredible how much Republicans care about racism when it serves them
— Katie Herzog (@kittypurrzog) February 1, 2019

Jr, your father pulled more crap than any candidate in history and still got himself elected President.

You best keep quiet. https://t.co/BJe4ctXOer
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) February 2, 2019

1. I have seen this from others sharper than Junior, also. That a Republican would be driven away from politics for a history of racism. How….is it even possible to think that? pic.twitter.com/BgZiSbaYXM
— Elizabeth Picciuto (@epicciuto) February 2, 2019

Imagine being the son of the guy who has no regrets about taking out a full-page ad in the NYT calling on the state to "BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY" to kill five black and Hispanic kids who turned out to be innocent…and not thinking, "You know, I should sit this one out." https://t.co/rPb1BOLIkz
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) February 2, 2019

Imagine if whole GOP did to Trump after Access Hollywood what Dems are doing to Northam now. Northam must go. I really am not impressed with any R who didn’t abandon Trump after Access Hollywood. It isn’t bothersiderism. It’s Northam go, R’s put a sock in it.
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) February 2, 2019

Many black Clemson players did not go to the White House

I agree with them. I wouldn’t go.

Black players from Clemson’s national championship football team said that they declined to visit the White House because of their disdain for Donald Trump’s divisive politics: https://t.co/eh6PB1tUGZ pic.twitter.com/e7v5Ys1pp1
— The Root (@TheRoot) January 29, 2019