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Ilhan Omar faces hot row over 9/11 terrorist attack
A Democratic congresswoman in the United States is facing hot row over her comment on the September 11 terrorist attack in the US. Omar insisted that she will not be silenced after facing a barrage of criticism over comments she made about the 9/11 attacks, including criticism from Donald Trump.
The US president tweeted, “We will never forget” alongside a video showing footage of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks spliced with a speech by Representative Ilhan Omar.
“Some people did something,” she is seen saying, in between footage of planes hitting the Twin Towers and people fleeing the buildings.
Republicans have accused her of downplaying the attacks, but Democrat have largely rallied to her defence, saying she had been quoted out of context and some accusing Trump of inciting violence against her and Muslims.
Ms. Omar won a Minnesota seat in the House of Representatives last November, becoming one of the first two Muslim women ever elected to the US Congress.
Her family originally came to the US as refugees from Somalia and she is the first congresswoman to wear the hijab.
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