Ilhan Omar condmens Trump
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Thursday fired a new salvo at
President Donald Trump over his racist
attacks on her and three other progressive Democratic congresswomen of color.
Omar, in a scathing op-ed for The New York Times titled “It Is Not Enough To Condemn Trump’s Racism,” explained that
“the only way to push back is to be unequivocal about our values.”
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“Throughout history, demagogues have used state power to
target minority communities and political enemies, often culminating in state
violence,” Omar wrote. “Today, we face that threat in our own country, where
the president of the United States is using the influence of our highest office
to mount racist attacks on communities across the land.”
Trump for more than a week has repeatedly attacked Reps.
Omar, Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) and Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) ―
freshmen lawmakers who call themselves “the Squad.”
Trump, condemned in a House vote for his racist comments, said the
congresswomen should “go
back” to where they came from. All of the lawmakers are American
citizens and only Omar was not born in the U.S.
Trump further targeted Omar during his political rally in
North Carolina last week. His supporters responded by chanting: “Send her
back!”
Omar wrote that the rally “will be a defining moment in
American history.”
She continued:
It reminds us of the grave stakes of the coming presidential
election: that this fight is not merely about policy ideas; it is a fight for
the soul of our nation. The ideals at the heart of our founding — equal
protection under the law, pluralism, religious liberty — are under attack, and
it is up to all of us to defend them.
Omar railed against Trump for “weaponizing division” and
pitting religious minorities against each other in order to benefit the elite
and distract from more pressing issues.
“If working Americans are too busy fighting with one
another, we will never address the very real and deep problems our country
faces — from climate change to soaring inequality to lack of quality affordable
health care,” she wrote.
“Today, democracy is under attack once again,” Omar
concluded. “It’s time to respond with the kind of conviction that has made
America great before.”
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