Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) lashed out at CNN reporter Manu Raju on Feb. 13 when he asked her questions about her recent controversies, saying to him, “Are you serious?”
According to Raju, he asked Omar to comment on President Trump calling on her to resign after she tweeted that AIPAC [American Public Affairs Committee] buys off politicians to support Israel, and she declined to comment. When Raju was about to ask her again later on, Omar said, “Are you serious? What’s wrong with you?”
Omar eventually said, “Yes I tweeted, and there’s a response. You can run that.”
Ilhan Omar explodes at CNN over anti-Semitism scandal
Omar: “Are you serious? What is wrong with you?”
Manu Raju: “I’m asking you a question about your tweet…saying [Trump] trafficked in hate”
Omar: “Yes I tweeted, and there’s a response. You can run that. Have a nice day” pic.twitter.com/pR7fxederX
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) February 13, 2019
Here is CNN's Manu Raju's account of what happened pic.twitter.com/rhYG8aRdex
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) February 13, 2019
Omar was likely referencing her tweet from earlier in the morning, when she said to Trump, “You have trafficked in hate your whole life—against Jews, Muslims, Indigenous, immigrants, black people and more. I learned from people impacted by my words. When will you?”
On Feb. 11, Omar was asked by reporters if she had learned anything from her controversial tweets and if she regretted them; Omar referred them to her statement addressing the matter. Omar also said she was “always surprised” by the criticism and she was “absolutely not” worried about losing her seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee:
How Omar responded to questions about her apology tonight – via @KilloughCNN pic.twitter.com/gA4Y63aDn6
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 12, 2019
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