Nancy Pelosi: Trump Shouldn't Use 'Painful Images Of 9/11 For A Political Attack' Against Ilhan Omar
- 5 years ago
Nancy Pelosi slammed President Trump in a tweet on Saturday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday slammed President Trump, who shared a video that was edited to suggest that Representative Ilhan Omar downplayed the 9/11 attacks.
"The memory of 9/11 is sacred ground, and any discussion of it must be done with reverence," Pelosi tweeted. "The President shouldn't use the painful images of 9/11 for a political attack."
Her post came after Trump tweeted the video that "showed snippets of comments Omar made last month at a banquet for a Muslim civil rights organization interspersed with footage of the twin towers burning," notes the Washington Post.
NBC News reports that at the Council on American-Islamic Relations event, "Omar mistakenly said the organization was founded in response to the terrorist attacks, adding 'because they recognized that some people did something' — a phrasing that some in conservative media have interpreted as a too-flippant reference to the attack."
Pelosi wasn't the only one to criticize Trump's tweet.
"Ilhan Omar is a leader with strength and courage," Bernie Sanders wrote on Twitter. "She won't back down to Trump's racism and hate, and neither will we. The disgusting and dangerous attacks against her must end."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday slammed President Trump, who shared a video that was edited to suggest that Representative Ilhan Omar downplayed the 9/11 attacks.
"The memory of 9/11 is sacred ground, and any discussion of it must be done with reverence," Pelosi tweeted. "The President shouldn't use the painful images of 9/11 for a political attack."
Her post came after Trump tweeted the video that "showed snippets of comments Omar made last month at a banquet for a Muslim civil rights organization interspersed with footage of the twin towers burning," notes the Washington Post.
NBC News reports that at the Council on American-Islamic Relations event, "Omar mistakenly said the organization was founded in response to the terrorist attacks, adding 'because they recognized that some people did something' — a phrasing that some in conservative media have interpreted as a too-flippant reference to the attack."
Pelosi wasn't the only one to criticize Trump's tweet.
"Ilhan Omar is a leader with strength and courage," Bernie Sanders wrote on Twitter. "She won't back down to Trump's racism and hate, and neither will we. The disgusting and dangerous attacks against her must end."