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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,010 posts) Sun Apr 14, 2019, 08:48 PM Apr 2019

2020 Dems stand by Omar as she's hammered for 9/11 comments

Several 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have come to the defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., as she was blasted for comments about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and Muslim civil rights at a recent conference.

While speaking last month at an event hosted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Los Angeles, Omar discussed how Muslim Americans had their constitutional rights and freedoms infringed upon following the 9/11 attacks, making a comment that some saw as minimizing the terrorist act.

"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," she said, incorrectly stating the organization's history. The group was actually founded in 1994, although it became much more active following the terror attacks.

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2020 Dems stand by Omar as she's hammered for 9/11 comments (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2019 OP

I know they've broken for holiday recess... PeeJ52 Apr 2019 #1

Frankly, I expected to see more Democratic leaders and candidates come to Rep. Omar's defense. InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #2

There was a guest on Ari Melber's show last week that said Republicans fight for conservativism, tulipsandroses Apr 2019 #3

PeeJ52

(1,588 posts)

1. I know they've broken for holiday recess...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Apr 14, 2019, 08:53 PM

Apr 2019

but I wish they would meet in Washington this week and sign a declaration or something condemning him pinning that on his personal twitter feed for all to see for so long and especially for retweeting it on the official @POTUS account for the President of the United States. That is a permanent stain on the country for that to be there even if it is buried. Disgusting...

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InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)

2. Frankly, I expected to see more Democratic leaders and candidates come to Rep. Omar's defense.

Reply to PeeJ52 (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 14, 2019, 09:07 PM

Apr 2019

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

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tulipsandroses

(5,124 posts)

3. There was a guest on Ari Melber's show last week that said Republicans fight for conservativism,

Reply to InAbLuEsTaTe (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 03:36 AM

Apr 2019

Democrats must be willing stand up and fight just as hard for Liberalism. I so agree with that statement. They are threatened by everything that she represents. She is a Muslim. She is a woman. She is black. She is a refugee. She is an immigrant. They want to "put her in her place."

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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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