Ilhan Omar responds to Trump's racist attack: He spreads the disease of hate

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) responds to President Donald Trump making a racially divisive attack against her at a campaign rally in Moon Township, Pennsylvania.
He also denigrated the Minnesota congresswoman in her home state last month as “a horrible woman who hates our country” and insinuated that she may not have won her recent primary election.
“Let’s check the mail-in vote,” Trump told the crowd, adding. “Where are the people that would vote for her?”
Last summer, in a series of racist tweets, Trump told Omar and the other members of the “Squad” who have been outspoken against his policies — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib — to “go back” to their supposed home countries, though they were born in the United States and Omar is a naturalized citizen.
Following his tweets, Trump’s supporters at a campaign rally in North Carolina chanted “send her back,” which was directed at Omar, as the President stood silently. He later claimed to disavow the chants.
Trump has also promoted false smears against Omar and questioned her patriotism, highlighting some of her controversial comments on issues including Israel, law enforcement and the September 11th terrorist attacks.
Trump, who has his own history of pushing anti-Semitic tropes, criticized Omar for tweets last year that were widely condemned as anti-Semitic, which she later apologized for.
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