Posted on 07/18/2019 10:51:12 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
In a chaotic moment outside the Capitol, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) — trailed by a mob of cameramen and reporters — stopped in the middle of Independence Avenue, shut down two lanes of traffic and gave an impromptu news conference responding to Trump supporters who chanted at President Trump's rally Wednesday that she should leave the country.
"I am not [scared for my safety.] What I'm scared for is the safety for people who share my identity,” Omar told a gaggle of journalists on Thursday.
"This is not about me. This is about fighting for what this country should be and what it deserves to be."
CNN's Manu Raju recorded video of reporters asking questions to Omar.
Her remarks came a day after Trump attacked four freshman Democratic congresswomen of color during a rally in North Carolina on Wednesday night. As Trump singled out Omar, the crowd began chanting “Send her back!” — a nod to Trump’s earlier comments that the four minority women should “go back” to their own countries.
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) were all born in the United States. Omar was born in war-torn Somalia, spent four years in a Kenyan refugee camp, sought asylum in the U.S. in 1992 and became a U.S. citizen in 2000.
Because of the size of the media scrum and the fact that Omar continued walking, a veteran Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer tripped over a curb and tumbled hard to the ground, causing Omar to help him back to his feet. Other reporters bumped into a car waiting to exit the jammed Capitol grounds, prompting a lawmaker to get out of the car and begin screaming at the press gaggle. The lawmaker was ignored.
When asked if Trump’s remarks are “racist,” Omar stopped in the middle of the eastbound lanes of Independence Avenue to answer the question, causing about 20 TV cameramen, photographers and reporters to block traffic.
“The fact that you’re still asking that question is really what’s wrong here, because we have said this president is racist. We have condemned his remarks. I believe he is fascist."
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) “defended his comments by saying that if I was wearing a MAGA hat, if there was a Somali person wearing a MAGA hat, they would not be deported, but because I criticized the president, I should be deported,” Omar said as cars began honking and a Capitol Police officer yelled out that the lawmaker and reporters should not block the intersection.
“I want to remind people that this is what this president and his supporters have turned our country [into] that is supposed to be a country where we allow democratic debate and dissent to take place,” Omar continued. “This is not about me; this is about us fighting for what this country truly should be and what it deserves to be.”
“...this is about us fighting for what this country truly should be and what it deserves to be...”
We like our country just the way it is. GTFO.
Is Schumer in hiding??? I haven’t heard any belching from him in a while...
This is about making the rest of us submit to Islam.
Can we start styling her “BroFo?”
Please keep talking you brotherfkr.
SQUAD TRUCK being drove around DC
You don’t make many friends by disrupting traffic.
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Get used to this. She’s going to be disrupting a lot more in future. She’s addicted to the attention and publicity now.
Like all addicts, the progression into into stronger forms of intoxication is inevitable.
What we’re seeing now will pale in comparison to what’s to come.
How does a somali, barely literate in basic English end up talking like a valley girl ?
This American doesn’t want what SHE is fighting for..I’m very satisfied with the Nation I was born, raised in and where I worked for my own homes and treasurers.
This low life is a mistake to the USA and does NOT belong in the U.S. CONGRESS..
She is allowed to stop traffic? simply amazing...
I say HANDCUFF HER AND SEND HER BACK TO HER OWN NATION...SHE IS NOT NEEDED HERE...
[ You don’t make many friends by disrupting traffic. ]
That was my first thought, too.
She should block a subway train in NYC. She and AOC.
THAT will get them some Democrat love....
Its interesting in a strange way that by being so anti-American, radical, and provocative she is waking people up and getting them out of a passive state. Its finally dawning on them that there are people here dedicated to turning this country inside out.
So in that respect its a good thing. A wake up call, if you will.
LoL. I had forgotten that hilariously funny youtube...
Chuck Schumer may be resting after his march in a gay pride parade:
“New York Senator Chuck Schumer marches in the NYC Pride Parade in New York, Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Gordon Donovan/Yahoo News)”
How does this pathetic puddle of dog puke know “what this country should be”?
I know what it should NOT be: Somalia.
And he’s Hitler too. He also runs “Concentration Camps” with cable, Xbox, soccer, 3 meals and unlimited potable water.
She just said it out loud....what SHE thinks the country should be....sharia law. She is following the koran to the letter. Also, if it’s not about her why did she stop traffic? She couldn’t make it to the other side of the street? All hijab and no camels.
Very good....people should know that is the meaning of the word nazzi.
“This is about fighting for what this country should be and what it deserves to be.”
And that’s why Trump made his now famous comment.
Don’t add to this country’s problems by importing the problems of the rest of world.
Solve the rest of the world’s problems outside of the United States.
Oh yeah,, forgot about that. Funny how nothing works both ways in libturd land.
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