Posted on 09/11/2019 9:18:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Today marks the 18th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, when Al Qaeda terrorists crashed planes into the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. Or, as Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) likes to describe it, "some people did something." She used that description while speaking at an event for the Council of American-Islamic Relations in California. The full quote is below:
"Here's the truth," she said. "For far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen. Frankly, I'm tired of it. And every single Muslim in this country should be tired of it. CAIR was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties."
Every September 11 in New York City, the victims' loved ones read aloud the names of their brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, husbands and wives who perished that day. This year, one speaker did not let Omar's shocking comment go unaddressed. Nicholas Haros Jr., who lost his mother, Frances Haros, in the attack, showed up to today's ceremony with a shirt that read, "some people did something" and a message for the congresswoman.
"'Some people did something' said a freshman congresswoman from Minnesota…Today I am here to respond to you exactly who did what to whom."
Full video here: https://t.co/K2m92hUsMP#September11 pic.twitter.com/3DjjsPYzCw— CSPAN (@cspan) September 11, 2019
"'Some people did something,' said a freshman congresswoman from Minnesota, to support and justify the creation of CAIR, [The Council on American-Islamic Relations]," Haros said after reading his mother's name. "Today I'm here to respond to you exactly who did what to whom. Madam, objectively speaking, we know who and what was done. There is no uncertainty about that. Why your confusion?"
The representative published the following message on Twitter today.
September 11th was an attack on all of us.
We will never forget the thousands of Americans who lost their lives in the largest terror attack on U.S. soil.
I will continue to fight to make sure we care for the first responders and families who lost loved ones. #NeverForget— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) September 11, 2019
Still, her initial message about the terror attacks appeared to be an attempt to try and skew the narrative with an emphasis on political correctness. The New York Times was guilty of the same thing today. Its report on the anniversary this morning read, “Eighteen years have passed since airplanes took aim at the World Trade Center and brought them down.” Airplanes, not terrorists.
The news outlet apologized and corrected the line following a hefty round of backlash.
"Eighteen years have passed since terrorists commandeered airplanes to take aim at the World Trade Center and bring them down," the controversial sentence now reads.
Today is always a somber day as we commemorate the tragedy. After crashing into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, terrorists tried to crash one more plane before hero passengers downed the aircraft in a Pennsylvania field.
Never forget.
After 9-11, imams assured their Muslim faithful that brethren killed in the attack were all in Jannah (paradise), and that they should rejoice & give praise to Allah.
Savages.....!
Her election, and that of her buddy Rashida Tlaib, places a permanent stain on America, not just Minnesota. That only 18 years after the worst act of terrorism on American soil we should have 2 of these traitorous murderers in our CONGRESS is a disgrace. If I were a member of Congress, maybe I'd invest in some personal body armor if my seat was anywhere near one of theirs.
Our only hope is to state the truth, like this man. We cannot cower and be intimidated into silence.
RUSH played this, I hope Tucker and Hannity do as well. The media will NEVER play this audio/video.
18 years and I still get sick to my stomach thinking about that day and seeing images of people jumping from windows to save themselves from burning to death knowing they would die anyway when they hit the ground.
First responders crushed to death with the weight of those buildings.
Scenes of people running for their lives on the streets.
The total feeling of helplessness.
Ilhan Omar wants to pretend CAIR was founded, post 9/11, in response to anti-Muslim backlash.
To support her efforts to paint Muslims as victims, instead of aggressors,.
she lies, ignoring the fact that CAIR was founded in 1994.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_American–Islamic_Relations
That's a lie.
No kidding - 1994.
I don’t think Omar understands (or cares) how offensive her stupid comment was. I know the Washington Compost tried to frame her comment “in context” but we all heard or read what she said and we can make the determination for ourselves.
“...some people did something...”
According to the NYT some airplanes did something.
Some of us think the election of Barack Housein Obama to be President of the USA after 911 is a permanent stain on America.
Are the four member of the SQUAD being given body guards 24 / 7 by Nancy Pelosi orders?
How can we find out the answer to that.????
Omar is a POS. WTF is she doing today or is she hiding.
Who is running against Omar next year? Surely a Democrat can challenge her in the primaries. If not, then the party wants her there.
If imams expressed any regret on 9-11, it would have been over an expected (and nonexistent) “anti-Muslim backlash”.
Listening to 9-11 broadcasts right now. Damn, how I hate Islam and all its jihad enablers!!
trump hasn’t been big on enforcing laws against democrats and on equal justice under the law.
The anti-Muslim backlash is a BS excuse. An apology might gone a long way to reduce the possibility of a “backlash.” Again, I don't remember there being one.
There wasn't one, that's why.
A-holes.
The New York Slimes! Apparently, they give me reason to fear my toaster will one day attack me. The change they made in the headline does not represent their true feelings; the FIRST headline was the one they truly believe.
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