Friday, July 19, 2019

Trump Supporters Chant “Send Her Back” About Ilhan Omar | The Daily Show

AN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PICKS UP A FIGHT WITH A LITTLE FORMER AFRICAN FEMALE REFUGEE AND SURVIVOR OF A REFUGEE CAMP, WHO MADE IT TO THE US WHILE STARVING AT THE SAME TIME, THEN GETS LEGALLY ELECTED ONLY TO FACE THE LEAST EXPECTED OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE BARRIER. WHAT IF SHE DEFEATS THE PRESIDENT! WILL SHE HAVE DEFEATED THE DEEP STATE WITH HER BARE HANDS, SINGLE HANDEDLY?

Omar Responds To Trump Rally "Send Her Back" Chant As Dems Cry "Racist"

Just days after House Democrats forced through a vote formally condemning President Trump's "racist" tweets targeting the progressive "squad" of freshman Democrats, the media is once again in an uproar over an unprovoked chant at a rally the president held in Greenville, North Carolina.

Trump was in the middle of criticizing Rep. Ilhan Omar for her history of anti-semitic remarks and other offensive comments about the 9/11 hijackers and the US forces who participated in the infamous 1993 "Black Hawk Down" mission in Somalia when the crowd burst into a chant of "send her back" - a reference to Trump's Sunday tweet saying the members of the "squad" should "go back" from the "crime infested places from which they came" if they're unhappy with how the country is being run. He also criticized Omar for comparing America to Al Qaeda and advocating on behalf of recruits attempting to join ISIS.

"Representative Omar blamed the United States for the terrorist attacks on our country, saying terrorism is a reaction to our involvement in other peoples' affairs," Trump said. "She smeared U.S. servicemembers involved in 'Black Hawk Down' -- in other words, she slandered the brave Americans who were trying to keep peace in Somalia."

In a tweet that resurfaced a few months back, Omar accused American soldiers of killing "thousands" of Somalis during the "Black Hawk Down" mission.

"Omar minimized the Sept. 11 attacks on our homeland, saying 'some people did something," Trump added. "I don't think so. 'Some people did something?' Yeah, some people did something, alright. She pleaded for compassion for ISIS recruits attempting to join the terrorist organization. She was looking for compassion. Omar laughed that Americans speak of Al Qaeda in a menacing tone, and remarked that, 'You don't say 'America' with this intensity. You say 'Al Qaeda,' makes you proud. Al Qaeda! Makes you proud. You don't speak that way about America.'"

"And obviously and importantly, Omar has a history of launching vicious anti-Semitic screeds."

Shouts of "traitor" could also be heard from the audience.

Trump never acknowledged the chant, or any other commentary from the audience about Omar.

Omar responded to reports about the rally by tweeting out a verse from a poem by black American poet Maya Angelou.

Others offered more harshly worded responses, with Shaun King calling the incident "one of the single most racist moments in modern American political history."

Director John Favreau denounced Trump's performance as "one of the most chilling and horrifying things I've ever seen in politics."

By early Thursday morning, the hashtag #IStandWithIlhan had become the No. 1 trending hashtag. Omar, who was born in Somalia, is the only member of the progressive "squad" who immigrated to the US. She, and her fellow squad member Rashida Tlaib, are the first two Muslim women elected to the US Congress.

Trump took the stage in North Carolina shortly after House Democrats overhwelmingly voted against a resolution to start the impeachment process against the president.

Even Cardi B weighed in....

Even Republican lawmakers are disavowing the chant...with one Congressman who was in the crowd saying he "struggled" with it.

In a series of tweets published after the rally, Trump thanked the crowd, but made no mention of the chant.

But judging by the strength of the backlash, this should be enough to keep the debate about Trump's "racist" comments going for another week or so.