Rubio angered by Ilhan Omar's anti-American remark

Rubio angered by Ilhan Omar's anti-American remark

Javier Manjarres
Javier Manjarres
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July 16, 2019

Days after President Trump targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) and three other House Democrats, accusing them of having anti-American views, Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) tweeted that he was angered by Rep. Ilhan OmarĀ  apparent anti-America remark that were published in a glowing Washington Post story about her life.

ā€œWhen I read the piece below it made me very angry,ā€™ said Rubio ā€œInstead of seeing America as the compassionate nation that saved her family Rep. Omarā€™s view is that America is unfair to refugees, immigrants & minorities.ā€

Rubio added:

ā€œThe first thought that can cross your mind reading this is ā€œIf America is so bad, why donā€™t you leave?ā€ But that plays right into the unfair narrative about America. Instead the question should be ā€œIf America is hostile to immigrants how did people like us get elected?ā€

Omar, who moved to the United States at the age of 10-years-old, says that she ā€œgrew up in an extremely unjust societyā€ before moving to the U.S., adding that she was led to believed and promised that the ā€œUnited States was supposed to be a country that guaranteed justice for all.ā€

Ā ā€œSo, I feel it necessary for me to speak about that promise thatā€™s not kept,ā€ stated Omar as she addressed an auditorium of students in Minnesota

Omar seems to have always based her politics on race, as the 36-year-old, mother of 3 was quoted as saying that America was ā€œnot going to be a country of white people,ā€ adding,ā€ This is not going to be the country of the few.ā€

President Trump is not backing down from his perceived racist comments about Rep. Omar and ā€œThe Squadā€ as his comments appear to have unified the waring House Democratic Caucus, for now.

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Javier Manjarres

Javier Manjarres

Javier Manjarres is a nationally renowned award-winning political journalist and Publisher of Floridianpress.com, Hispolitica.com, shark-tank.com, and Texaspolitics.com He enjoys traveling, playing soccer, mixed martial arts, weight-lifting, swimming, and biking. Javier is also a political consultant and has also authored "BROWN PEOPLE," which is a book about Hispanic Politics. Follow on Twitter: @JavManjarres Email him at Diversenewmedia@gmail.com

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