During a rally last summer, President Donald Trump and his supporters revealed just how much contempt they hold for Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN), one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress.
A day after Trump suggested that Omar and the other congresswomen of color making up "the squad" go back to the countries from where they came, the crowd at his rally chanted to "send her back" to the war-torn Somalia she escaped as a child before immigrating to the United States.
Americans across the country were horrified at the open racism on display at the rally, but over a year later, Trump is back to the same tactics.
At a Tuesday night rally, the President once again targeted Omar and implied that she wasn't an American.
Watch below.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: She's telling us how to run our country. How did you do where you came from? pic.twitter.com/XLSRZd6yFf
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) September 22, 2020
Trump said:
"She's telling us how to run our country. How did you do where you came from? How was your country doing? She's telling us how to run our country."
Omar was a refugee who escaped Somalia at eight years old before spending years in a refugee camp, then finally immigrating to the United States. She has been a United States citizen for two decades.
Despite Trump's racism, Omar had no trouble clapping back at him and his supporters' jeers.
Firstly, this is my country & I am a member of the House that impeached you.
Secondly, I fled civil war when I was 8. An 8-year-old doesn't run a country even though you run our country like one. https://t.co/zcKKjdC8ju
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) September 23, 2020
These cult-like rallies leave me wondering one thing: pic.twitter.com/58VjLl4II0
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) September 23, 2020
Twitter users commended Omar's comeback.
Dang! Trump's gonna need a general surgeon to remove Ilhan Omar's boot from his hind-parts. https://t.co/mWdqAQUrU1
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) September 23, 2020
Ilhan Omar is going to serve more terms in Congress than Donald Trump is going to serve in the White House #VoteTrumpOut https://t.co/cquKoUbiJ3
— Brett Banditelli is so tired. (@banditelli) September 23, 2020
The women are 🔥 tonight. #TrumpIsARacist #LastWord https://t.co/ASYdhJEI1w
— Team Pajamas 24/7 (@kfairwrites) September 23, 2020
"An 8-year-old doesn't run a country, though you run one like it" 🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭#Shade https://t.co/uUEnyjGwXA pic.twitter.com/DBzFNqOHVJ
— DonJuan The Boy Wonder 🇧🇸 🇮🇪 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 (@BoiJuanda) September 23, 2020
Bro yall need to stop coming at @IlhanMN keep her name out of your racist mouths smh https://t.co/h3sy8yPsXm
— Yash Hari (@squashipoo) September 23, 2020
Trump thinks he can attack women without being checked. @IlhanMN won't take that! I love her 😭 https://t.co/bJlYayfhOZ
— scum (@Super_Scumbag) September 23, 2020
But they were disgusted at Trump's initial remarks.
This comment about Ilhan Omar is so vile and racist that the crowd is stunned silent. https://t.co/7OLkgwDtu5
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) September 23, 2020
she fled civil war when she was 8, spent 4 years at a Kenyan refugee camp, got asylum in the US in 1995, & now serves in Congress.
we used to call things like this the American Dream, I believe. https://t.co/gEqIP9iACk
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) September 23, 2020
I can't tell you how angry this makes me - and I get angrier thinking about how he gets away with it and how so many liberal white journalists spent the past few years refusing to call him a racist. Oh, and how this won't even be a story 24 or maybe even 12 hours from now. https://t.co/aKPlIWc1Ys
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) September 23, 2020
Ilhan Omar is the democratically chosen representative of the US citizens who elected her to serve that purpose on their behalf. Once again, Trump's real meaning can be located in his use of the word "our." https://t.co/fTFjkya3LK
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 23, 2020
Earlier this year, Omar handily won her district's Democratic primary and is almost certainly heading to Congress for another term.
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