US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has sparked outrage online after she used a poem written about the victims of the Holocaust to defend fellow colleague Ilhan Omar, in response to a 'dangerous' tweet from the president.
Omar was once again the subject of controversial debate this week, after remarks she made last month in reference to the 9/11 terror attacks as ‘some people did something’, resurfaced.
An outraged Donald Trump tweeted ‘WE WILL NEVER FORGET’ on Friday night, accompanied by a 43 second video that showed Omar’s comment during a speech to the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), interspersed with footage from September 11.
The video didn’t show Omar’s speech in full and Ocasio-Cortez was quick to clap-back at the president’s outburst, believing the tweet to be a ‘dangerous’ declaration of prejudice that could possibly incite harm against politician already facing a slew of death threats and abuse. Source
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