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Rep. Ilhan Omar Says She's Received More Direct Death Threats Since Trump Tweet

President Donald Trump's controversial video overlaying Rep. Ilhan Omar's remarks with 9/11 footage reportedly resulted in more death threats toward the Muslim congresswoman.
Rep. Ilhan Omar Says She’s Received More Direct Death Threats Since Trump Tweet
By Breanna Edwards · Updated October 23, 2020

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) released a statement on Sunday night saying that she has received an increase of death threats, ever since President Donald Trump tweeted out a video that combined remarks she made at an event last month with footage from the 9/11 terrorist attack.

“Since the President’s tweet Friday evening, I have experienced an increase in direct threats on my life — many directly referencing or replying to the President’s video,” Omar said in the statement, where she also thanked Capitol Police, the FBI, the House Sergeant at Arms and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for their attention to the threats.

“Violent rhetoric and all forms of hate speech have no place in our society, much less from our country’s Commander in Chief,” the congresswoman added. “We are all Americans. This is endangering lives. It has to stop.”

We are all Americans. This is endangering lives. It has to stop. pic.twitter.com/gwB2kDUIRp

— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) April 15, 2019

The fallout started on Friday evening when Trump tweeted out an edited video of a speech Omar gave last month to the Council on American Islamic Relations, in which she referenced how some equated all Muslims to the 9/11 highjackers following the attacks.

“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,” Omar, one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, said during her speech.

Many critics accused Omar of minimizing the impact of the attacks in her speech, and Trump seized on it, tweeting out clipped footage which was interspersed with images from the actual attacks.

“WE WILL NEVER FORGET,” the president tweeted.

WE WILL NEVER FORGET! pic.twitter.com/VxrGFRFeJM

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2019

On Sunday Pelosi released a statement slamming the president for tweeting out the video and noting that she has spoken to the House’s sergeant-at-arms to make sure that Capitol Police conducted a security assessment for Omar and her family.

“The President’s words weigh a ton, and his hateful and inflammatory rhetoric creates real danger,” Pelosi added. “President Trump must take down his disrespectful and dangerous video.”

Despite Omar’s statement about the threats she has received, and despite being called out for the tweet itself, Trump, as always, refused to back down, lashing out at Pelosi Monday morning for defending Omar, whom he called “out of control” for her “anti-Semitic, anti-Israel and ungrateful U.S. HATE” statements.

“Before Nancy, who has lost all control of Congress and is getting nothing done, decides to defend her leader, Rep. Omar, she should look at the anti-Semitic, anti-Israel and ungrateful U.S. HATE statements Omar has made,” the president tweeted. “She is out of control, except for her control of Nancy!”

Before Nancy, who has lost all control of Congress and is getting nothing done, decides to defend her leader, Rep. Omar, she should look at the anti-Semitic, anti-Israel and ungrateful U.S. HATE statements Omar has made. She is out of control, except for her control of Nancy!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 15, 2019
TOPICS:  death threats Donald Trump Ilhan Omar islamophobia
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