{"id":36291,"date":"2019-07-18T10:26:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T09:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=36291"},"modified":"2019-07-18T10:26:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T09:26:38","slug":"trump-supporters-chanted-send-her-back-whilst-he-smugly-called-out-rep-ilhan-omar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=36291","title":{"rendered":"Trump supporters chanted &quot;send her back,&quot; whilst he smugly called out Rep. Ilhan Omar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Yep, President Donald Trump is at it again.<\/p>\n<p>During a rally in North Carolina, the President launched into an attack on US congresswoman Rep. Ilhan Omar. The comments made by Trump caused a stir within his supporters which led them to chant &#8220;Send her home!&#8221; whilst he did absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vplayer\"><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u4tkanu-72Y\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Jon Favreau, director of The Avengers and The Lion King described the scene as &#8220;chilling&#8221;<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The crowd at Trump\u2019s rally chanting \u201csend her back\u201d after the President viciously and dishonestly attacked Ilhan Omar is one of the most chilling and horrifying things I\u2019ve ever seen in politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonfavs\/status\/1151639430194532353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 17, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h3> <\/h3>\n<h3>A member of the UK Parliament, David Lammy shared the same feelings<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A cult of white supremacists chanting \u201csend her back\u201d in support of Donald Trump\u2019s racist attack on Ilhan Omar. Fascism spreads like wildfire. Especially when it comes from the President of the United States of America. Chilling to my core. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mQ0Cy0ffMw\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/mQ0Cy0ffMw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Lammy (@DavidLammy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidLammy\/status\/1151748543725670405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 18, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h3>Former United States Representative Beto O&#8217;Rourke called out the President, saying: &#8220;we will defeat him and everything he stands for&#8221;<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These chants don\u2019t happen by accident. They are the product of a president who sees our diversity not as a strength, but as a weakness. I believe in our country. And I believe, together, not allowing our differences to divide us, we will defeat him and everything he stands for. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RKZ6PTQM4g\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/RKZ6PTQM4g<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u2014 Beto O&#8217;Rourke (@BetoORourke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetoORourke\/status\/1151683262386966534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 18, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time he has singled out women of colour, however. He has recently made degrading and racist comments about progressive Democratic congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib, telling them to &#8220;go back&#8221; and &#8220;help fix the totally broken and crime infested&#8221; countries &#8220;from which they came&#8221; in a series of tweets.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8230;.and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don\u2019t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1150381395078000643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 14, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the catch, three of the four women were born in the US and Omar fled her country which was in a state of war to live in a refugee camp in Kenya. She has lived in the US since she was 12. He also falsely accused her of supporting a terrorist organisation because she &#8220;refused&#8221; to condemn them.<\/p>\n<h3>Omar responded via Twitter, using a passage from poet Maya Angelou<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You may shoot me with your words,<br \/>\nYou may cut me with your eyes,<br \/>\nYou may kill me with your hatefulness,<br \/>\nBut still, like air, I\u2019ll rise.<\/p>\n<p>-Maya Angelou <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/46jcXSXF0B\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/46jcXSXF0B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1151656827106541569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 18, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/culture\/6165\/trump-supporters-chanted-send-her-back-whilst-he-smugly-called-out-rep-ilhan-omar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Yep, President Donald Trump is at it again. During a rally in North Carolina, the President launched into an attack on US congresswoman Rep. Ilhan Omar. The comments made by Trump caused a stir within his supporters which led them to chant &#8220;Send her home!&#8221; whilst he did absolutely nothing. 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