Conservatives are calling Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) un-American, this time for not going far enough to condemn the 9/11 terrorist attacks in a speech she made to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) last month. The attacks are part of an ongoing right-wing pattern in which Muslim politicians are accused of harboring “dual loyalties.”“Far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen,” Omar says in a clip circulating on social media that was taken from the March 23 fundraising event. She added, “Frankly, I’m tired of it, and every single Muslim in this country should be tired of it.”While much of her speech focused on the challenges of being a Muslim in America, one line in particular has proved agitating: “CAIR was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something, and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties.”(CAIR was actually founded in 1994 but stepped up its work to promote Muslim civil rights after the 2001 terrorist attacks.) All three “Fox & Friends” co-hosts, Brian Kilmeade, Ainsley Earhardt and Steve Doocey, slammed the congresswoman during their Wednesday morning broadcast.

Source: Huffington Post April 10, 2019 15:11 UTC