{"id":36227,"date":"2019-04-15T09:51:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T16:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=36227"},"modified":"2019-04-15T09:51:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T16:51:02","slug":"kill-a-muslim-for-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/15\/kill-a-muslim-for-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Kill a Muslim for Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like Rep. Ilhan Omar.  She’s got spunk.  At the same time, I recognize that her inexperience has led her to factual errors and statements that were too easy to misunderstand.  If someone disagrees or want’s to correct her errors, they are  free to do so.  They are not free to set her up to suffer injury or death from a violent attack.  However that is exactly what Trump and his Republican Reich are trying to do.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Rep. Ilhan Omar says she’s faced increased death threats since President Donald Trump spread around a video that purports to show her being dismissive of the 2001 terrorist attacks<\/strong>. “This is endangering lives,” she said, accusing Trump of fomenting right-wing extremism. “It has to stop.” <\/p>\n

Her statement late Sunday followed an announcement by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that she has taken steps to ensure the safety of the Minnesota Democrat and the speaker’s call for Trump to take down the video. <\/p>\n

Soon after Pelosi’s statement, the video disappeared as a pinned tweet at the top of Trump’s Twitter feed, but it was not deleted. <\/p>\n

Pelosi was among Democrats who had criticized Trump over the tweet, with some accusing him of trying to incite violence against the Muslim lawmaker. An upstate New York man recently was charged with making death threats against her<\/strong>… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here’s more coverage from CNN<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n