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Trump Fires Off Dangerous Tweet Attacking Ilhan Omar And It Has Already Caused Threats Against The Lawmaker
Donald Trump fired off a dangerous tweet on Wednesday falsely accusing Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of partying on the anniversary of 9/11 which has also sparked his supporters to send off threats.
Trump retweeted the lie, which includes a video of the Minnesota Congresswoman dancing at a Congressional Black Caucus event on Sept. 13. The original video had been posted by progressive activist Adam Green, but was co-opted and repurposed by a Trump supporter.
Green, the co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, tweeted the original video below:
Can someone name something better than @IlhanMN dancing to @lizzo? Because I can’t think of anything. #CBC2019 #CBCWeek #cbcweekend pic.twitter.com/KvsCRvgKQX
— Adam Green (@AdamGreen) September 14, 2019
Trump retweeted Terrence Williams, who posted the video of Omar while claiming that it took place on September 11.
IIhan Omar, a member of AOC Plus 3, will win us the Great State of Minnesota. The new face of the Democrat Party! https://t.co/aQFEygSa4D
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 18, 2019
Here’s how the tweet looked before the offending tweet was deleted by the Trump-supporting troll:
Outraged Twitter users decided to call Trump out for trying to spread falsehoods:
Once again, @realdonaldtrump spreads lies and misinformation that endanger a duly elected Member of Congress. This must stop. Tell Trump to #DeleteTheTweet. https://t.co/Q2iycpG3CF
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) September 18, 2019
Our co-founder @AdamGreen posted this video from a CBC event on Sept 13, and @IlhanMN retweeted it. Today @realDonaldTrump tweeted that she "partied on the anniversary of 9/11." This is an abhorrent lie that endangers a Member of Congress. Twitter must remove Trump's Tweet now. https://t.co/zzeb1dXTzc
— BoldProgressives.org (@BoldProgressive) September 18, 2019
Fucking shameful lie. Any other President did this and he'd be out of office by sunrise. https://t.co/E67CdqbMXK
— Kevin Stapleton (@KStapleton_BTV) September 18, 2019
.@realDonaldTrump, an anti-Muslim bigot, will lose the Great State of Minnesota. He is the face of the Republican Party! https://t.co/ZFBcN3Rcuz
— Richard W. (@IceManNYR) September 18, 2019
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