Supporters of U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar rally outside a Minnesota business visited by President Donald Trump by JoeyPeters
BURNSVILLE, Minn. - Supporters of U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar rallied outside a Minnesota business visited by U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, after he launched a fresh attack on the Muslim-American lawmaker by calling her an “out of control” purveyor of “hate” speech.Some of the Omar supporters who gathered outside Nuss Truck and Equipment in Burnsville, about 15 miles south of Minneapolis, called on Democratic leaders in Washington to take a stand for Omar.
Writing on Twitter earlier in the day, Trump blasted both Omar and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for defending her, after he tweeted a video on Friday suggesting Omar had been dismissive of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The Minnesota branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations , a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, responded to Trump’s attacks by organizing the rally, where people carried signs and chanted in support of Omar.
About 200 people rallied in support of Omar while another 200 supporters of Trump gathered across the street and waved American flags. Omar was speaking at a CAIR banquet in California in March when she made her controversial remarks about 9/11. Omar also said Muslims had “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.”
Omar said on Sunday that she had experienced an increase in threats on her life, many directly referencing or replying to the president’s video.
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