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Friday, May 03, 2019

Ilhan Omar and Her Friend Angela Davis

At an event organized by Black Lives Matte, the Minnesota Democrat took aim at Trump’s attacks on her. 
She says she had received an increase in death threats since video emerged in which she spoke of a rise in Islamophobia following the 9/11 attacks in New York. 
Trump tweeted a video of her words next to images of the terrorist attack. Omar also drew on the outpouring of emotion after the attack on the Chabad of Poway synagogue in a San Diego suburb. 
“The occupant of the White House...and his allies are doing everything that they can to distance themselves and misinform the public from the monsters that they created that is terrorizing the Jewish community and the Muslim community,” she said, NBC News reported. 
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks at an event outside the U.S. Capitol April 30, 2019 in Washington, DC. 
“Because when we talk about anti-Semitism, we must also talk about Islamophobia. It is two sides of the same coin of bigotry.” 
“This is not going to be the country of the xenophobics. This is not going to be the country of white people. This is not going to be the country of the few. This is going to be the country of the many.” 
Prominent activist Angela Davis and Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley organized Tuesday’s event, which was billed “Black Women in defense of Ilhan Omar,” The Hill reported. 
Also attending was fellow Muslim Rep. Rashida Tlaib.

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