White House denies Trump inciting violence against Muslim lawmaker
US President Donald Trump tweets a video of a Muslim member of Congress characterising the deadliest attack on US soil as ‘some people did something’ spliced with images of the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers in New York, USA. – Screenshot, April 15, 2019.
DONALD Trump’s spokesman Sarah Sanders defended the president Sunday against accusations that he was inciting violence toward a Muslim congresswoman after he tweeted a video of her spliced with footage of the 9/11 attacks. The White House’s decision to double down on Ilhan Omar came as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the country’s most powerful Democrat, said she had spoken to authorities about her colleague’s safety and urged Trump to delete the clip.
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