In spirited remarks tinged with open animosity, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., standing side-by-side with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib, declared at a news conference on Capitol Hill Monday that “it is time for us to impeach this president” for “openly violating” his constitutional oath.
“The eyes of history are watching us” in this “pivotal moment,” Omar said.
Pressley, in her remarks, repeatedly referred to Trump as “the occupant of the White House” seeking to “marginalize and silence” the women, but quickly turned her focus to various issues, from gun violence to immigration.
“Every single statement that we make is from a place of extreme love for every single person in this country,” Omar said. “It is part of the mandate of why we ran for office and why we got elected.”
Just hours earlier, President Trump forcefully doubled down on his call for progressive congresswomen to “go back” to where they came from — and demanded they “apologize” for what he called their anti-American “hate.”
Far-left Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) says her past comments — which include her anti-Semitic remarks — are done "from a place of extreme love for every single person in this country" pic.twitter.com/CENSMWmJuA
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 15, 2019
Omar asserted that the U.S. had a “long way” to go until it could live up to its founding values. She repeated unsubstantiated allegations that people were drinking from “toilets” in immigrant detention centers. U.S. officials have fiercely contested those claims.
“Right now, the president is committing human rights abuses at the border,” Omar said, before saying Trump has been “credibly accused” of criminal conduct. Omar also slammed Trump for keeping children in “cages” — prompting Trump to tweet, minutes after the press conference, that illegal immigrant children were photographed in cages under the Obama administration.
When will the Radical Left Congresswomen apologize to our Country, the people of Israel and even to the Office of the President, for the foul language they have used, and the terrible things they have said. So many people are angry at them & their horrible & disgusting actions!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
If Democrats want to unite around the foul language & racist hatred spewed from the mouths and actions of these very unpopular & unrepresentative Congresswomen, it will be interesting to see how it plays out. I can tell you that they have made Israel feel abandoned by the U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
….they are Anti-Semitic, they are Anti-America, we don’t need to know anything about them personally, talk about their policies. I think they are American citizens who are duly elected that are running on an agenda that is disgusting, that the American people will reject……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
…..to impeach President Trump on DAY ONE. Make them the face of the future of the Democrat Party, you will destroy the Democrat Party. Their policies will destroy our Country!” @LindseyGrahamSC Need I say more?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
Trump added that he wants to fix the “BAD IMMIGRATION LAWS” that lead to poor border conditions and overcrowding.
Omar, however, curtly dismissed Trump’s rhetoric as “the bile of garbage that comes out of his mouth.”
Asked by a reporter to respond to Trump’s insinuations that she is a pro-terrorist communist, Omar said “every single Muslim who has lived in this country and across the world has heard that comment, and so I will not dignify it with an answer.”
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) says Trump is accused of the crime of colluding with Russia
Mueller said there was no conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia
Omar falsely claims that Trump is pursuing “an agenda to allow millions of Americans to die from a lack of health care” pic.twitter.com/wuXxrNvEyn
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 15, 2019
Tlaib, speaking separately, backed Omar’s call for impeachment, saying Trump’s language was “disgusting and bigoted” and that his administration was “lawless.”
Asked by Fox News’ Chad Pergram about Trump’s criticisms of Omar’s remarks as anti-American, Omar slammed the president’s “complete hypocrisy,” and said his presidential campaign was founded on all the things “wrong” with the United States.
Omar has previously been criticized by prominent members of both parties for making anti-Semitic remarks. In March, the Democrat-led House overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan resolution that indirectly condemned Omar’s repeated ‘anti-Semitic’ and ‘pernicious’ comments.
Far-left Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) refuses to deny the claim that she is a communist and pro-terrorist sympathizer pic.twitter.com/aAYtxGaOJa
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 15, 2019
….and the many terrible things they say about the United States must not be allowed to go unchallenged. If the Democrat Party wants to continue to condone such disgraceful behavior, then we look even more forward to seeing you at the ballot box in 2020!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez added that Trump does not “operate in good faith,” repeating an ill-defined attack commonly employed by activists on social media.
“Weak minds and leaders challenge loyalty to our country in order to avoid challenging and debating the policy,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “This president does not know how to make the argument that Americans do not deserve health care. He does not know how to defend his policies. So what he does is attack us personally.”
Pressley, however, largely focused on other matters.
“I encourage the American people and all of us, in this room and beyond, to not take the bait,” Pressley said, calling the situation a “disruptive distraction.”
“At the end of the day, if we improve the conditions of children in a cage, they are still in a cage,” Pressley continued. “This is simply a disruption and a distraction from the callous, chaotic, and corrupt culture of this administration all the way down. We want to get back to the business of the American people, and why we were sent here.”
Members of the so-called progressive “squad” have feuded bitterly with top House Democrats in recent days, leading some observers to allege that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s attacks on the freshmen progressives have emboldened Trump.
But, leading up to Monday evening’s news conference, the weight of the party establishment was firmly behind the four members of Congress — united, with all hands on deck, in attacking Trump’s comments. Pelosi announced Monday the House would take up a resolution to condemn the president’s “xenophobic tweets.”
Far-left Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) on Trump: “I will always refer to him as the occupant” pic.twitter.com/hiHAd7gpqw
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 15, 2019
Just minutes before the representatives were set to take the stage, Trump invoked Omar’s infamous casual reference to the 9/11 terrorist attacks as an instance in which “some people did something” — and renewed his calls for anti-American individuals to leave the country.
The Obama Administration built the Cages, not the Trump Administration! DEMOCRATS MUST GIVE US THE VOTES TO CHANGE BAD IMMIGRATION LAWS.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
The Obama Administration built the Cages, not the Trump Administration! DEMOCRATS MUST GIVE US THE VOTES TO CHANGE BAD IMMIGRATION LAWS.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
….Detention facilities are not Concentration Camps! America has never been stronger than it is now – rebuilt Military, highest Stock Market EVER, lowest unemployment and more people working than ever before. Keep America Great!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
We will never be a Socialist or Communist Country. IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY HERE, YOU CAN LEAVE! It is your choice, and your choice alone. This is about love for America. Certain people HATE our Country….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
“We will never be a Socialist or Communist Country,” Trump wrote. “If you are NOT HAPPY HERE, YOU CAN LEAVE!”
Trump added that some people “HATE our Country,” and are “anti-Israel, pro Al-Qaeda, and comment on the 9/11 attack, ‘some people did something.'”
(AP)
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AP is so stupid and shallow, as usual…
His purpose in these tweets is not “meant to widen the divides within the Democrat caucus” – they really think he’s that stupid! – His purpose is to unify them in defense of the AOC bunch, in order to insure they remain the face of the Democrats through 2020. Brilliant.
Exactly right take your arab dress and your arab attitude And go back to their countries
Lol AP propaganda once again. Can;t you guys find somewhere better to source your politics from?
Let’s be blunt and I hope the democRATS read this. Keep pushing your disgusting progressive agenda and I think Trump will make the Regan landslide against Mondale a joke ( I hope). Imagine its election day 2020 Every person who voted for Mr. Trump will probably vote for him again. Then you have people like me who held their noses as they voted for Trump in 2016, but now we will vote for him proudly. Then you a third group who didn’t vote for Trump because they didn’t like his rhetoric, but they see he pulled through on many of his promises and he did make America a better economy. Keep it up DemodRATS.
Yes Mr. President…most people do agree with you. These excuses for representatives are so vile, so anti-American and so anti-Semitic, that we need to bring back the Vietnam-era slogan, “love it or leave it”.
Agree fully with mdshweks
I agree with President Trump
If you vote for the party of Omar, Cortez, and Tlaib, I have a hard time believing you are a good Jew.
lets not forget, if we yidden agree or not the goyim do not care
If You ALL agree,
then why dont you All depose these anti semites in NY and stop pandering with Chuckie and Nadler and scumbags.
Oh Yeh Section 8
and yeah food stamp
You mean Rep Omar’s speech writer calls for impeachment. If you listen to her you can clearly tell she did make the speech and she probably shud have at least practiced reading beforehand.
why can’t we impeach anti-semitic congresspersons…
Now we are definitely voting for President Donald Trump come November 2020. President Donald Trump is epitomizing exactly why we voted for him in November 2016, and doing what we want him to do. Kudos to you President Trump!!
To takingabreak: Take your Jew black hat and Jew black suit and go back to Poland, even if you were born in Boro Park.
Ahh, these are Hillary’s “deplorables!” The smartest woman on the planet called them such long before we Americans knew they were in existence!
You agree that these women should go back to the countries where they came from?! They’re from America! This is the only country they’re from. So where exactly was Trump calling on them to go?
I won’t comment on Omar. But I met AOC yesterday. She was very pleasant, and yes, she saw my yarmulke. Don’t say she’s an anti Semite. If she was, she would snub me, and then deny it afterwards.
chiefshmerel, It’s said that Amalek today also comes off as very pleasant, warm, and inviting. I’ve heard shiurim where it’s been said that nowadays Amalek is warm and friendly in order to attract and appeal to Jews to assimilate and become part of them, completely forgoing the “old fashioned and outdated” Torah. Though we don’t know who Amalek is today, Perhaps you like AOC, but things I don’t admire about her include her drive to cut Israel aid and funding off the table, her drive for liberal concepts which are against the Torah (abortions, LGBTQ, placing a limit on how much private schools can receive from the government), how she compared the ICE centers to the Holocaust death camps,. I can tell you one thing, Haman didn’t snub Jews who were friendly with him—- he was a slick and devious “charmer” and not a savage beast as many believe.
chiefshmerel, did you ask AOC about her Holocaust denials and support for Hamas while wearing your yarmulke?
Like many antisemites, she has no problem with individual Jews, but she opposes your right to live wherever you like, and your right to make your living as you choose. She is a communist and an anti-zionist, which can only be motivated by antisemitism.
huju, in your typical self Jew-hating fashion you are quick to insult fellow Jew in order to protect vicious vile antisemytes.
@moisheingalus,
But you failed to answer Huju,
So what would you say to someone saying this to you? That’s exactly what Trump is doing,
When my parents arrived here from the concentration camps they didn’t expect such foul language especially not from someone who should be an example,
So please come up with a direct answer
To MIG: I have said this before, but it is worth repeating: I do not hate myself or my Jewish soul, but I am having a problem with the mitzvah of ahavas Yisrael when it comes to you. I will have to work on it.
@MoisheinGolus, would you mind explaining how AOC who compared border policies to the Holocaust is a Holocaust denier?
chiefshmerel, your question is the answer to your holocaust denying question. SHAME ON YOU.
huju, you do not hate yourself, but you defiantly hating the Jews, just like Soros.
chiefshmerel, if 99% of my father’s family or 70% of my mother’s family were alive today they would explain to your stupid head how ICE camps for illegal border crossers are different from the Nazi concentration camps.
@MoisheinGolus, you’re refusing to answer the question, because you have no answer. Typical tactics from people who know they’re losing an argument.