Right-wing media took the congresswoman’s comments out of context then questioned if she’s an ‘American first.’

Fox & Friends and Republicans in Congress attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar this week after comments the Minnesota Democrat made last month began circulating online on Monday.

At a March fundraiser for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Los Angeles, Omar said, in part, that “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.” Conservatives interpreted Omar’s comments as minimizing the terrorist attack.

On Wednesday, Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade questioned if the Somali-American is “an American first.” Then he proceeded to lecture her about her religious faith. “As a Muslim-American, you should be more outraged because they sullied your religion,” he said. “In the name of religion they killed Americans and still do it on a daily basis.”

A day earlier, the chair of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel called Omar “anti-American.”

“Nearly 3,000 Americans lost their lives to Islamic terrorists on 9/11, yet Omar diminishes it as: ‘Some people did something,’” she said. “Democrat leaders need to condemn her brazen display of disrespect.”

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