'I am as American as everyone else is.' Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, defends herself after backlash over controversial comments she made last month regarding the Sept. 11th attacks.
that left 50 people dead. She sought to urge Muslims to speak up for themselves.
"Many people expect our community to feel like it needs to hide every time something happens," she said in the speech. "But repeatedly we have shown them that we are not to be bullied, not to be threatened, we are not to be terrorized, we are strong and resilient, and we will always show up to be ourselves because we know we have a right to a dignified existence and a dignified life.
Abridged versions of Omar’s comments were circulated on social media, and on Thursday the headline on the cover of the New York Post read: "Here’s your something," across an image of the World Trade Center towers burning. Rep. Ilhan Omar walks through an underground tunnel at the Capitol as top House Democrats plan to offer a measure that condemns anti-Semitism in the wake of controversial remarks by the freshman congresswoman, in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2019. Omar said last week that Israel's supporters are pushing U.S. lawmakers to take a pledge of "allegiance to a foreign country." Despite criticism from Democrats and Republicans, Omar has refused to apologize.
Another freshman Democrat, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took to social media to defend Omar.
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