US president attacks Omar, calls Minnesota governor ‘crooked’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Somali-American Rep. Ilhan Omar should be thrown out of the country and should not be allowed to serve in Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“These Somalians have taken billions of dollars out of our country. They have a representative, Ilhan Omar…she shouldn’t be allowed to be a congresswoman…and she should be thrown the hell out of our country,” he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that Omar is always “talking about the Constitution” and suggested that the congresswoman “go back” to her own country and figure out that constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“They shouldn’t even be allowed to be congresspeople because they don’t represent the interests of our country,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump also attacked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“You have an incompetent governor. You have a crooked governor. He’s crooked as hell, but he’s (also) incompetent,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The comments came after Trump said at a Cabinet meeting that Somalians “ripped off” Minnesota for billions of dollars every year and “contribute nothing,” referring to the state’s large Somali-American population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I don’t want them in our country,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Omar responded Wednesday that Trump’s “obsession” with her and the Somali community is “creepy and unhealthy,” saying: “I am not someone to be intimidated.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
US Muslim group the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) strongly condemned the “dangerous and openly racist rhetoric” against Omar and the broader Somali-American community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre dismissed Trump’s comments, according to local media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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