Omar has not praised al Qaeda or said she can hold her 'chest out' when thinking of al Qaeda. Trump was inaccurately describing remarks she made in 2013 about how one of her college professors acted when he discussed al Qaeda.
Washington In a series of racist tweets on Sunday, President Donald Trump told a group of four Democratic congresswomen, all of whom are people of color, to"go back" to their supposed home countries, though three of them were born in the US. On Monday, he aggressively defended the tweets -- and falsely accused one of the congresswomen, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, of having praised al Qaeda.
Trump said he is angry"when I hear people speaking about how wonderful al Qaeda is." He emphasized:"That was Omar. How great al Qaeda is." And he said,"She said you can hold their chest out, you can -- 'When I think of America, huh. When I think of al Qaeda, I can hold my chest out.'"Facts First: Omar has not praised al Qaeda or said she can hold her"chest out" when thinking of al Qaeda.
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