Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez DEFENDS Ilhan Omar for describing September 11 as "some people did something"

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended representative Ilhan Omar on Thursday for describing the September 11 attacks as "some people did something" before being criticized for telling the former Navy SEAL officer, Dan Crenshaw, to "take action against domestic terrorism".

Omar made the remark in a recent speech to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

She called for an end to discrimination against Muslims, then said: "CAIR was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people had acted and we all started to lose. 39, access to our civil liberties. "

Republican Republican Dan Crenshaw attacked her on Twitter and posted a short clip on Twitter. Fox News host Brian Kilmeade asked if it was "an American first".

Ocasio-Cortez criticized Crenshaw on Twitter for using "out-of-context quotes" to replace Omar – and also referred to the cover of Thursday's New York Post, which attacked the first Minnestota Congresswoman.

"You refuse to sponsor the 9/11 victims' compensation fund, while having the audacity to arouse resentment towards Ilhan with quotes completely out of context," she wrote.

"In 2018 right-wing extremists were behind almost every terrorist murder perpetrated by the United States. Why are not you going to do something about it? she added.

But AOC had to face a violent reaction on Twitter from users who pointed out that she was criticizing a veteran.

Caleb Hull asked, "Do you know that you are talking to a veteran who has lost an eye in combat?"

Another user wrote: @ Peak @AOC Tell a veteran who lost his eye against terrorists in Afghanistan to "do something" to help fight terrorism. "

Kambree Kawahine Koa added: "When was the AOC a hero of the combat war? Oh, wait, never.

In his complete quote, Omar said, "It's been too long since we live with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen and, frankly, I have enough, and every Muslim in this country should in have enough.

"CAIR was founded after September 11, because they recognized that some people had acted and that we were all starting to lose access to our civil liberties."

She also added in her speech: "As a member of the US Congress, I have to make sure that I respect the ideals of the fight for freedom and justice – these are deeply rooted in the reason why my family came here, "he said. about emigrating to the United States as a child who lived in a Somali refugee camp.

Republicans blamed Omar, one of the first two Republican women in Congress, for this remark, accusing him of rejecting the attacks, killing 2,977 people.

The New York Post even went so far as to splash a photo of one of the World Trade Center's collapsing towers into a fireball, with the banner: "Rep. Ilhan Omar: September 11 was "some people did something".

Omar takes the "double standards" she suffers, telling The Late Show's host, Stephen Colbert, that she is "as American as everyone else" and suffers of anti-Muslim discrimination.

Last week, New York authorities arrested a man who reportedly threatened to "put a bullet in the skin of [expletive] . Skull & # 39;

Defending her right to speak freely, she told Colbert: "I was sworn, I took an oath to the Constitution. I am as American as everyone.

Omar also told Colbert that, when others accuse the Trump administration of white nationalism, "no one smiles at the eye," but that it does, it causes the wrath of the right-wing press.

The Minnesota Congressman was specifically referring to her most recent controversy, in which she was attacked by Donald Trump for calling his senior adviser Stephen Miller a white nationalist.

"Stephen Miller is a white nationalist. The fact that it still has an influence on politics and political appointments is a scandal, "she tweeted on Monday.

His tweet drew the attention of Trump, who claimed that Omar was targeting a Jewish people – a claim that has been claimed by many supporters of the far right since the beginning of his tenure.

Colbert noted that he had described Miller as a white nationalist several times during his own show without ever receiving criticism of this type.

"I think because you're a Muslim, you're a woman, you're a person of color, you're given less latitude than someone like me," he says.

Omar said that when a congressman had called Miller a "white supremacist" last year, "no one beat the eye".

Add: "And you see this outrage when I tell the truth. Everyone's truth is permissible, but my truth can never be true.

Omar provoked scathing criticism from right-wing commentators, including Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, who asked if she was "an American first".

Fox host Brian Kilmeade later commented on his statement on Twitter, saying, "I did not intend to ask if Representative Omar was an American – I wonder how an American, let alone an American. US Congressman, could minimize the attacks of September 11th & # 39;

"I'm waiting for my colleagues to tell me too:" it's wrong, they should close their eyes to that and shout that, "Omar told Colbert.

"Or when people call me a terrorist or because I am a Muslim, an immigrant and a refugee, I can not be loyal to our country."

"I have been sworn to respect the Constitution, I am as American as everyone else. And that kind of double standard is really very shocking and it's an integral part of our culture nowadays. & # 39;

When Colbert asked Omar why she thought she had become a "lightning rod" for the right-wing media and some Democratic colleagues, the congresswoman said the answer was simply her identity.

"If you think historically where our country is now, there are many members of our community, their identity is a lightning rod," she said.

"They are used as political football – immigrants, refugees, women of color, people of color, minorities, Muslims. I embody all these identities. It is therefore easy to explain all this.