NEW: House Speaker Pelosi calls on Trump to take down his tweet of Omar video
The California Democrat also called on Trump to take down the video. Soon after her public request, the video disappeared from Trump's twitter feed.
Pelosi, who was traveling in London, issued a statement saying she had spoken with congressional authorities after Trump's tweet"to ensure that Capitol Police are conducting a security assessment to safeguard Congresswoman Omar, her family and her staff." The video in Trump's tweet included a snippet from a recent speech Omar gave to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, in which she described the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center as"some people did something," along with news footage of the hijacked airplanes hitting the Twin Towers. Trump captioned his tweet with:"WE WILL NEVER FORGET!"
Sanders questioned why Democrats weren't following Trump's example and calling out Omar, too. Democrats who criticized the president over the tweet defended Omar. Some also noted their past disagreements with her.
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