Omar meets the family of the victim of 9/11 who called her at the birthday ceremony

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"September 11 was an attack on all Americans. It was an attack on all of us, and I certainly could not understand how much pain the families of the 9/11 victims felt, "Omar told CBS's" Face the Nation. "

"It is important for us not to forget the consequences of September 11, [when] many Americans now found themselves deprived of their civil rights, and so what I was talking about was that as a Muslim, I was suffering not only as an American who had been attacked that day. there, but the next day I woke up like my American compatriots treated me now as a suspect, "she added.

"I certainly could not understand the weight of the pain that must be felt by the victims of 9/11 families," @IlhanMN says, but we must also remember that many Americans have been "striping their civil rights" as a result of the attacks. pic.twitter.com/m6LbX3i2DG

– Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) September 15, 2019

Nicholas Haros Jr., whose mother died at the World Trade Center, gave a speech on the occasion of the anniversary last week while he was wearing a shirt with the words "Some people have does something, "a reference to Omar's comments to the Council on US-Islamic Relations. Haros also singled out Omar as saying, "Some people have done something," said a new Congressman from Minnesota. … Today, I am here to answer you exactly, who did what and to whom. "

In his remarks, Omar said that the struggle for the civil rights of Muslims as a result of the attacks was necessary because "some people have done something" and "we are all starting to lose access to our civil liberties". People accusing him of downplaying the attacks and the death threats against him excited Omar for the comment on the right.

Margaret Brennan, of CBS, asked Sunday if she had been asked to tone down her speech. Omar replied, "Some people would say," Ilhan, you should talk in a certain way, Ilhan, you should do something in a certain way "and I think it's contradictory to the goal of my existence in this space. "

"I believe that my constituents sent me to make sure that I aroused a conversation that others did not have, that I spoke for people who had felt speechless for a long time," he said. she added.

–This report was updated at 11:50 am