Trump Says He Has No Regrets About Sharing Ilhan Omar 9/11 Video
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President Trump continued to attack Ilhan Omar.
President Trump continued his attacks on Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, saying she's been "very disrespectful" to the U.S. He told KSTP on Monday that he has no regrets about sharing the video that was edited to suggest that Omar downplayed the 9/11 attacks.
"Look, she's been very disrespectful to this country," Trump said. "She's been very disrespectful, frankly, to Israel. She is somebody that doesn't really understand life. Real life." "She's got a way about her that's very, very bad, I think, for our country," Trump continued. "I think she's extremely unpatriotic and extremely disrespectful to our country."
The remarks come days after Trump tweeted the video that "showed snippets of comments Omar made last month at a banquet for a Muslim civil rights organization interspersed with footage of the twin towers burning," notes the Washington Post.
NBC News reports that at the Council on American-Islamic Relations event, "Omar mistakenly said the organization was founded in response to the terrorist attacks, adding 'because they recognized that some people did something' — a phrasing that some in conservative media have interpreted as a too-flippant reference to the attack."
Trump's tweet prompted widespread criticism.
"Ilhan Omar is a leader with strength and courage," Bernie Sanders wrote on Twitter. "She won't back down to Trump's racism and hate, and neither will we. The disgusting and dangerous attacks against her must end."
"This is an incitement to violence against Congresswoman Omar, against our fellow Americans who happen to be Muslim," Beto O'Rourke said during a speech in South Carolina.
President Trump continued his attacks on Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, saying she's been "very disrespectful" to the U.S. He told KSTP on Monday that he has no regrets about sharing the video that was edited to suggest that Omar downplayed the 9/11 attacks.
"Look, she's been very disrespectful to this country," Trump said. "She's been very disrespectful, frankly, to Israel. She is somebody that doesn't really understand life. Real life." "She's got a way about her that's very, very bad, I think, for our country," Trump continued. "I think she's extremely unpatriotic and extremely disrespectful to our country."
The remarks come days after Trump tweeted the video that "showed snippets of comments Omar made last month at a banquet for a Muslim civil rights organization interspersed with footage of the twin towers burning," notes the Washington Post.
NBC News reports that at the Council on American-Islamic Relations event, "Omar mistakenly said the organization was founded in response to the terrorist attacks, adding 'because they recognized that some people did something' — a phrasing that some in conservative media have interpreted as a too-flippant reference to the attack."
Trump's tweet prompted widespread criticism.
"Ilhan Omar is a leader with strength and courage," Bernie Sanders wrote on Twitter. "She won't back down to Trump's racism and hate, and neither will we. The disgusting and dangerous attacks against her must end."
"This is an incitement to violence against Congresswoman Omar, against our fellow Americans who happen to be Muslim," Beto O'Rourke said during a speech in South Carolina.