The remarks in question came in March, as Omar, one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, spoke about Islamophobia.
By Eli Rosenberg Eli Rosenberg General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow April 12 at 8:44 PM President Trump on Friday tweeted a video attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar for the way she phrased a reference to 9/11, adding fuel to a controversy that has swelled in Republican political circles this week.
— Elizabeth Spiers April 11, 2019 [A ‘pure racist act;’ N.Y. Post slammed for using 9/11 to attack Rep. Omar over speech on Islamophobia] The speech had drawn a protest outside at the time and even news coverage from conservative-leaning outlets such as the Washington Times, which noted that she told fellow Muslims to “raise hell,” and “make people uncomfortable,” as they sought to defend their rights.
And after the New York Post put it on such an incendiary cover, some liberals began to speak up against it, saying they felt it was an incitement to violence against Omar, who has been the target of threats and overt Islamophobia.“Such an ungenerous interpretation of her remarks is only possible if one is inclined to believe that Omar sympathizes more with terrorists than her murdered countrymen,” Zak Cheney-Rice at New York magazine wrote.
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