...Somali-AmericanDem representative from Minnesota. She is apparently married to her brother and may be her own grandmaw on her mother's side...
(D-MN) took shots at President Trump, accusing him of harboring "inherent racism" for years during a speech at the Moslem Collective for Equitable Democracy Tuesday.
Omar asserted that Trump’s critical remarks are rooted in racism and claimed that it is not a new development, as Trump ‐ she says ‐ has harbored racist sentiments throughout his entire life.
"Right now, even when we’re talking about the president, people will say, you know, his remarks are racist, and we’ll forget the inherent racism that has always been part of him," Omar explained.
She said Trump "always takes an opportunity to others to vilify them and destroy their existence and ability to access our justice system," adding that "racism can kill."
"Racism distracts, racism destroys and racism can kill," she continued. "And so we have to also confront that. So often, so many people walk around naive to the idea of how threatening this could be. And we see it creep into so many policies."