The video splices together comments Omar, a Muslim, made last month with footage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. “The president’s words weigh a ton, and his hateful and inflammatory rhetoric creates real danger,” Pelosi said in a statement. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) warned Sunday that President Donald Trump’s “hateful” rhetoric toward Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) creates “real danger,” days after some Democrats claimed she wasn’t taking a strong enough stance against the president’s anti-Muslim actions. “What Islam teaches us, and what I always say, is that love trumps hate,” Omar said in her speech. Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, called Omar a “terrorist sympathizing anti-Semite” and called for her to step down.

Source: Huffington Post April 14, 2019 21:32 UTC