Trump uses video of Twin Towers burning to attack Muslim Congresswoman
Washington - President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted a video attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for the way she phrased a reference to 9/11, adding fuel to a controversy that has swelled in Republican political circles this week.
"For far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen and, frankly, I'm tired of it, and every single Muslim in this country should be tired of it," she said, in the middle of a roughly 20-minute speech. "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.
The comments were the focus of harsh broadsides from people such as Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronda McDaniel, Donald Trump Jr., and "Fox & Friends" host Brian Kilmeade, who questioned whether Omar, a Somali refuge, was "an American first." Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., called for more Democrats to speak out to defend her this week.
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