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Rep. Omar Minimalizes 9/11 Terror Attack

<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Rep&period; Ilhan Omar &lpar;D&rpar; was celebrated by voters throughout the country last year <&sol;span><span class&equals;"s1">when she was elected to represent the state of Minnesota&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Her victory over GOP challenger Jennifer Zielinkski made her the first Somali-America&comma; the first naturalized citizen from Africa&comma; and the first minority woman from Minnesota to serve in Congress&period; She is also one of the first two Muslim women to serve in Congress&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Instead of setting an example for the minority groups she represents&comma; Ilhan has used her prestige to talk tough on Israel&period; She also blamed the over-crowding of detention facilities at the US-Mexico border on &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;white nationalism&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rather than denounce her comments&comma; Democrats responded by introducing a resolution to<span class&equals;"s1"> condemn &&num;8220&semi;anti-Semitism&comma; Islamophobia&comma; racism&comma; and other forms of bigotry&period;&&num;8221&semi; The resolution passed with a vote of 407 to 23&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;While I voted for this&comma; let’s be honest about what it really is &&num;8211&semi; a deceitful way for Dems to give Omar cover&comma;” said Texas Rep&period; Dan Crenshaw &lpar;R&rpar;&comma; a former Navy SEAL who lost his right eye while fighting in Afghanistan&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><strong><span class&equals;"s1">Ilhan Omar is under fire again&comma; but this time <&sol;span><span class&equals;"s1">for anti-American comments related to 9&sol;11&period; <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Speaking at a fundraiser for the Council on American-Muslims Relations &lpar;CAIR&rpar; last month&comma; Rep&period; Ilhan Omar described 9&sol;11 as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;some people did something&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">CAIR&comma; which is widely believed to be l<&sol;span><span class&equals;"s1">inked with the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas&comma; is considered a terrorist organization by the UAE&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Here’s the truth&comma;” said Ilhan&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second class citizen&period; And frankly&comma; I’m tired of it&comma; and every single Muslim in this country should be tired of it&period; CAIR was founded after 9&sol;11 because they recognized that <strong>some people did something<&sol;strong> and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Her comments caused on explosion on Twitter&comma; with Republicans demanding accountability from the party Ilhan represents&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Every Democrat should be asked by the media if they disavow Ilhan’s statements&comma;” tweeted Andrew Pollack&comma; whose child was killed in the Parkland high school shooting last year&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ilhan Omar isn’t just anti-Semitic&comma; she’s anti-American&comma;” tweeted GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nearly 3&comma;000 Americans lost their lives to Islamic terrorists on 9&sol;11&comma; yet Omar dimities it as&colon; &OpenCurlyQuote;Some people did something&period;’ Democrat leaders need to condemn her brazen display of disrespect&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;First Member of Congress to ever describe terrorists who killed thousands of Americans on 9&sol;11 as &&num;8216&semi;some people who did something&comma;'&&num;8221&semi; tweeted Rep&period; Crenshaw&period; &&num;8220&semi;Unbelievable&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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