Latest in Ilhan Omar

​Controversial Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota made her first Sunday news show appearance on CBS’s Face The Nation, addressing comments made last week by the son of a 9/11 victim, who accused her of not understanding the outrage caused by her previously dismissive comments on the attack. Show moderator Margaret Brennan…

Without presenting evidence, President Donald Trump today claimed that the Minnesota gathering of supporters greeting Rep. Ilhan Omar at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Thursday night was “staged” (and “tiny”), and that the media has become “crazed” over its coverage of the racist chants at Trump’s own…

The chants of “send her back” at President Donald Trump’s Greenville, North Carolina rally tonight have already drawn responses from various politicians, including the target of the chants, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar. The loud chants of “send her back” followed a litany of Omar’s alleged offenses by Trump, including…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has lashed back at President Donald Trump’s "xenophobic comments" via Twitter today, remarks in which he called on four female Democratic lawmakers to “go back” to their countries. "​When​ @realDonaldTrump​ ​tells four American Congresswomen to go back to their countries, he reaffirms his…

A Donald Trump twitter video showing words from Rep Ilhan Omar’s recent CAIR speech interspersed with 9/11 images was used on-air by CNN, which then apologized for its broadcast. The controversial CAIR speech, which some claim has Omar minimizing the terrorist attack, has raised raw feelings among 9/11 families and…

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York is blaming Judge Jeanine Pirro for the death threat made by a deranged man against fellow fellow Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Fox News host Pirro had questioned Omar’s loyalty to the U.S. in light of her Muslim heritage, which includes wearing a hijab in public…

UPDATE: Keeping up the Fox News attack later in the day, President Trump tweeted Sunday that two hosts on the channel appeared to be trained by CNN, his least-favorite news outlet. "Were @FoxNews weekend anchors, @ArthelNeville and @LelandVittert, trained by CNN prior to their ratings collapse?" Trump posted. " In…

Fox News condemned its own Jeanine Pirro over comments the host made Saturday that seemed to question the national loyalty of Rep. Ilhan Omar and other Muslim women who wear hijabs. “We strongly condemn Jeanine Pirro’s comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar,” Fox News said in a statement last night. “They do not reflect those…