President Trump attacks Rep. Ilhan Omar at White House ceremony

Jul 16, 20190

Anna Moneymaker – New York Times count

U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib listened as Rep. Ilhan Omar responded to remarks by President Donald Trump after his call for the four Democratic congresswomen to go back to their "broken" countries. Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) listen as Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 15, 2019. President Donald Trump, under fire for comments he made about the four lawmakers he had made on Sunday – that even some Republicans called racist – amplified his attacks on Democrats in Congress on Monday, calling one of the first two Muslim women elected to the House an al-Qaida sympathizer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi a racist. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)

Washington – President Donald Trump, under fire for tweets attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar and three other first-term Democratic congresswomen, renewed his assault on the Minnesota Democrat on Monday during a formal presentation before dozens of business owners gathered on the South Lawn to celebrate American entrepreneurship.

Speaking at a White House event to honor American manufacturers, including Minnesota-based 3M, Trump mounted a lengthy attack on Omar, accusing her of saying "how great al-Qaida is" and claiming she "hates Jews." Omar has never made a comment suggesting al-Qaida is "great," nor has she ever said she hates Jews.

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