In the 24 hours since President Donald Trump escalated an attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar by tweeting a video of her spliced with footage of the burning twin towers, Democrats have accused him of Islamophobia, inciting violence and politicizing one of America’s gravest tragedies.
The swift condemnation started Friday afternoon, after Trump shared the video with his millions of followers, along with the caption "We Will Never Forget."
Omar, D—Minn., a Somali refugee who made history as one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress last year, has been the target of conservative criticism this past week, after right — wing media outlets began sharing comments she made about the Sept.