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Trump Basks as MAGA Rally Audience Chants ‘Send Her Back’ About Rep. Ilhan Omar
Donald Trump is holding yet another MAGA rally, this time in Greenville, North Carolina, and per usual, he is his normal, insane self.
Supporters at the rally on Wednesday chanted “send her back” about Rep. Ilhan Omar after the president launched into a diatribe against the first-term lawmaker.
Trump tore into Omar early on in his rally in Greenville, North Carolina, a continuation of his days-long attacks against her and three other progressive congresswomen. The crowd raucously booed Omar at the first mention of her name.
The president went on to accuse Omar of demeaning U.S. servicemembers and minimizing the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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“She looks down with contempt on the hard-working Americans saying that ignorance is pervasive in many parts of this country,” Trump said.
The crowd then broke into a chant of “Send her back” in reference to Omar, who came to the U.S. as a Somalian refugee as a teenager.
WATCH:
Trump fans eventually break out in "send her back!" chants directed toward Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee who serves in Congress who Trump viciously smeared. pic.twitter.com/LX3eAEkfci
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 17, 2019
Twitter was disgusted:
Send her back/ lock her up
It’s always an attack on women. And women with any power.— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) July 17, 2019
"Send her back" chant at Trump rally lays bare the challenge Trump's allies have in trying to frame his racist jab as something about socialism or Medicare for all. He knows what he meant, and his supporters do too.
— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) July 17, 2019
At the Trump rally in NC, as Trump goes on a riff about Ilhan Omar, audible screams from the crowd
"Traitor!"
"Treason!"
"Send her home!"
Crowd now full chanting "SEND HER BACK!"
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) July 17, 2019
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