Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Saturday said she believes President Donald Trump’s hateful comments toward Muslims has inspired attacks such as the recent mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques that left 50 people dead. “We all kind of knew that this was happening,” Omar said of attacks against Muslims. “He knows that there are people that he can influence to threaten our lives, to diminish our presence,” she added. Many Muslim leaders in the U.S. have called for action against Islamophobia in wake of the the New Zealand massacre. Following the Christchurch attacks, Trump accused journalists of “working overtime to blame me for the horrible attack in New Zealand.”

Source: Huffington Post March 25, 2019 03:11 UTC