Ilhan Omar Calls Out Fox News and GOP for ‘Dangerous Incitement’ Over Her 9/11 Comments

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The Somali-American congresswoman received several death threats this year before right-wing media’s new broadside over comments she made that referenced the terror attack.

Published Apr. 10 2019 12:53PM EDT

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Rep. Ilhan Omar on Wednesday called the conservative attacks lobbed against her “dangerous incitement” after Republicans and Fox News insinuated she was downplaying the 9/11 terror attack.

Omar, a Democrat and Somali-American from Minnesota, is under fire by the right for comments she made last month.

Olivia Messer

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Ilhan Omar Calls Out Fox News and GOP for ‘Dangerous Incitement’ Over Her 9/11 Comments

The Somali-American congresswoman received several death threats this year before right-wing media’s new broadside over comments she made that referenced the terror attack.

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Olivia Messer