Trump calls Muslim legislator Ilhan Omar "out of control" in latest attack

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump attacked US Democrat Representative Ilhan Omar as an "uncontrollable" repository of the "hate speech" Monday before leaving for a state visit that represents the US 's hate speech. American Congress.

Writing on Twitter, Trump criticized both Omar and House of Representatives President Nancy Pelosi for their defense after tweeting a video Friday suggesting that Omar had been indifferent to the September 11, 2001 attacks.

"Before Nancy, who has lost all control of Congress and does nothing, decides to defend her leader, Omar, she should look into the anti-Semitic, anti-Israeli and thankless statements that Omar made," Trump said. . I said. "She's out of control, except for her control of Nancy!"

The offices of Omar and Pelosi made no comment on Monday.

The Minnesota congressman said Sunday night that she had experienced "an increase in direct threats to my life – many were directly referring to the president's video or were responding to him".

"Violent rhetoric and all forms of hate speech have no place in our society, let alone the commander-in-chief of our country. We are all Americans. This endangers lives. It must stop, "wrote Omar in a statement on Twitter.

Marc Lotter, adviser to Trump's re-election campaign in 2020, denied Trump's incitement to violence.

"I do not think it's the president who puts her in danger. I think it's her ill-conceived words that she used to describe the biggest terrorist attack on American soil history, "Lotter told CNN on Monday.

The video tweeted by Trump traced the news footage of 9/11 with an excerpt from a speech by Omar last month in which she had said "some people did something" in reference to the attacks.

Trump's Republican MPs accused Omar of downplaying the September 11 attacks, while the president's critics say he took Omar's words out of context to stir up anti-Muslim sentiment.

Later on Monday, Trump plans to visit a trucking company in Burnsville, Minnesota, about 15 miles from Minneapolis. The venue of the meeting is in the second congressional district of the state, located south of the fifth congressional district and partially adjacent to that represented by Omar.

The Minnesota branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a human rights and civil rights group, will hold a demonstration of support for Omar outside of society .

Omar was speaking at a CAIR banquet in California in March when she made controversial remarks about 9/11. Omar also said that Muslims "have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen and, frankly, I'm tired of it, and every Muslim in this country should have enough".

The White House said Sunday that Trump did not want any harm in his Twitter ticket on Omar.

The House of Representatives last month approved a broad resolution condemning bigotry after Omar said that some members of both parties would be considered anti-Semitic.