The Huffington Post reports:
President Donald Trump tweeted a video Friday fanning the flames of the recent right-wing uproar over comments Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) made about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
“WE WILL NEVER FORGET!” Trump tweeted with the video, which alternates between an out-of-context remark Omar made during a speech last month and footage of the terrorist attacks, an attempt to characterize her as dismissive of the tragedy. It’s unclear whether Trump’s administration made the video or if he harvested it from another account.
Trump joins a chorus of conservative media voices that have tried to paint Omar saying “some people did something” during that speech as being flippant about Sept. 11. In reality, Omar was speaking about why the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) ramped up its efforts to combat Islamophobia in the wake of the attacks.
Days ago, a Trump fan was arrested for plotting to murder Ilhan Omar. Trump not only didn’t denounce it, but since then he’s repeatedly smeared her as traitorous. https://t.co/KxdIghexU5
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 12, 2019
Trump Sparks Outrage for Video Mixing Ilhan Omar Speech with 9/11 Footage: ‘Willfully Endangering’ Her Life https://t.co/4AgwwsRGDu pic.twitter.com/th3lYXwz8s
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) April 12, 2019
Donald Trump’s now pinned his attack tweet on Ilhan Omar – this is incredibly dangerous incitement against a young politician by one of the most powerful men in the world pic.twitter.com/SBwB2wsRkC
— Dawn Foster (@DawnHFoster) April 12, 2019
A man was charged last week with trying to kill Omar. He is a Trump supporter. A few months ago another man, Cesay Sayoc, was arrested for sending functional mail bombs to nearly a dozen people Trump has targeted.
They wont rest until Ilhan Omar is dead. https://t.co/MXxgoIsrtU
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) April 12, 2019