Nicholas Haros Jr., whose mother died in the 9/11 attacks, criticized the Democratic congresswoman's remarks in which she said, '[The Council on American-Islamic Relations] was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something'
Omar was criticized by Nicholas Haros Jr., whose mother died in the World Trade Center attacks, during a remembrance ceremony at Ground Zero in New York City last week. Haros Jr. wore a shirt with the words,"Some people did something." On CBS'"Face The Nation" on Sunday morning, Omar was asked about Haros Jr.
"Many Americans found themselves now having their civil rights stripped from them, and so what I was speaking to was the fact that as a Muslim, not only was I suffering as an American who was attacked on that day, but the next day I woke up as my fellow Americans were now treating me as a suspect.
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