The New York Post , owned by conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch , piled on to the Islamaphobic bashing of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) Thursday, invoking an out-of-context quote of the lawmaker describing the Sept. 11 attacks as “some people did something.”Rupert Murdoch inciting more fear and hatred of @IlhanMN and Muslims in the New York Post this morning. The advocacy nonprofit, formed in 1994, stepped up its work in response to Islamophobia that followed the terror attacks. “Far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen,” Omar said during the speech. Later Wednesday, Omar spoke out against the “double standard” she said she has faced as a Muslim woman, and criticized “Fox & Friends” directly. My loyalties might not be to this country,” she said on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” “I took an oath to uphold the Constitution.

Source: Huffington Post April 11, 2019 15:45 UTC