Donald Trump calls Ilhan Omar a ‘horrible woman who hates our country’ then accuses her of winning Democratic primary by fraud
- President Donald Trump went after Rep. Ilhan Omar at a campaign stop Monday in her home state of Minnesota
- Trump told a crowd of supporters in Mankato that Omar was a ‘horrible woman who hates our country’
- The president questioned how the so-called ‘squad’ member was able to beat a Democratic primary opponent on the ballot last week
- ‘How the hell did she win? This woman is crazy,’ Trump said about Omar, joking that he should check the mail-in ballots
- The president also bragged about stopping refugee resettlement programs during the pandemic, suggesting refugees, like Omar, are problematic
- ‘I know all about your hot spots,’ Trump said, and mentioned Somalia, where Omar, a U.S. citizen, was born
President Donald Trump went after ‘squad’ member, Rep. Ilhan Omar, in her home state of Minnesota, telling supporters she’s a ‘horrible woman who hates our country.’
Trump asked his mostly mask-less crowd gathered Mankato how Omar defeated a Democratic primary opponent during voting last week – joking that she probably cheated.
‘I mean I hear the boos. How the hell did she win the primary?’ he asked the crowd. ‘How the hell did she win? This woman is crazy. She’s a horrible woman who hates our country.’
President Donald Trump lashed out at Rep. Ilhan Omar in her home state of Minnesota Monday, calling her ‘crazy’ and a ‘horrible woman who hates our country’ and joking that she probably cheated to win her primary last week
Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the four so-called ‘squad’ members, speaks on primary election day in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Trump also suggested that refugees, like Omar, were a problem for Minnesotans and bragged about shutting down resettlement programs during the pandemic
In the crowd someone shouted to the president, ‘mail-in vote.’
‘Yeah, mail-in vote. We’ll have to check. Let’s check the mail-in vote,’ Trump said with a laugh.
‘No seriously. How does a woman who hates our country, who says nothing but bad things about our country and Israel and other of our allies. How does this woman win? Where are the people that would vote for her?’ Trump continued.
The president ripped Omar for criticism she made of the Minneapolis Police Department – who were under global scrutiny after the Memorial Day death of George Floyd.
‘The Minneapolis Police Department is rotten to the root, and so when we dismantle it, we get rid of that cancer, and we allow for something beautiful to rise, and that reimagining allows us to figure out what public safety looks like for us,’ the first-term Democrat said in June.
Trump lumped in presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden with Omar, because he didn’t disavow her comments.
‘This is what’s going to be running the country,’ Trump told supporters.
The president made two campaign stops on Monday to coincide with the opening day of this year’s virtual Democratic National Convention.
He stopped in Minnesota – a state he lost in 2016 – before heading to Wisconsin, which was supposed to host the Democrats’ convention.
Omar wasn’t the only female Democrat that Trump picked on during his stop in Minnesota.
He first made what was likely a dig at Omar’s ‘squad’-mate, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as Trump ridiculed the ‘Green New Deal,’ saying it had been written by a ‘foolish child.’
He talked at length about stopping refugee resettlement in the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic, suggesting to his audience that he knew refugees – like Omar, who was born in Somalia – were a problem. ‘I know all about your hot spots,’ Trump said.
And then he echoed something he had said about Omar, but applied it to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who he’s been in a stand-off with for months.
‘Does she love our country?’ Trump asked. ‘I don’t think so.’