BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI via Getty Images Rep. Ilhan Omar said that many of the latest threats against her reference the video President Donald Trump posted. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said she has seen a significant increase in threats to her life since President Donald Trump tweeted a misleading video about comments she made about the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “Since the President’s tweet Friday evening, I have experienced an increase in direct threats on my life ― many directly referencing or replying to the President’s video. The video Trump tweeted showed Omar speaking at an event last month for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights organization. With the video, Trump wrote, “WE WILL NEVER FORGET!”Omar’s office said many of the death threats have directly referenced the president’s video.

Source: Huffington Post April 15, 2019 02:18 UTC