Fact check: There is no evidence that Rep. Omar said the terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks makes her proud.
she condemned terrorism broadly but argued that Muslim communities should not be blamed for the acts of radicalized individuals, but nowhere in the interview does she express support for terrorists.
But here’s what Omar said at the news conference earlier this week about Trump's repeated accusations that she is supportive of al Qaeda: “I will not dignify it with an answer." This too is a mischaracterization of the 2013 PBS interview, in which she and host Ahmet Tharwat mused that radicalization and terrorism are a reaction to war and invasion. American involvement in"other countries' affairs," Omar asserted, fuels radicalization. The conversation was a broader discussion on terrorism, and the remark is hardly a statement of blame.
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