Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Jay Inslee all told Trump to stop targeting Ilhan Omar for her 9/11 comments
Several Democratic 2020 hopefuls have come out in defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar after conservative media and President Donald Trump attacked her for comments they portrayed as minimizing the September 11 attacks.
But several conservative commentators, The New York Post and the president took the "some people did something" line in isolation to convey Omar as trivializing the attacks. Trump posted a By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
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