.IlhanMN blasts GOP ad depicting AOC burning: 'Pull this garbage off the air'
Omar's tweet was in response to a video depicting AOC's face burning while talking about socialism in Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge. The ad was paid for by the Political Action Committee , New Faces GOP, led by former California Republican candidate for Congress, Elizabeth Heng. The video includes Heng saying,"Does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez know the horror of socialism? My father was minutes from death in Cambodia before a forced marriage saved his life.
Omar is not alone in calling for the ad to be taken off the air. Beginning Thursday night, the hashtag #BoycottABC trended on Twitter, as many users felt the network had a responsibility to refuse airing the ad. Ocasio-Cortez responded via Twitter by saying,"Republicans are running TV ads setting pictures of me on fire to convince people they aren't racist. Life is weird!"
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