President Donald Trump issued a new round of attacks against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) during a news conference on Monday, a move that was widely condemned online.
Trump talked with reporters in the Oval Office on Monday after signing a bill to send federal troops to Memphis, Tennessee. A reporter asked Trump to respond to Omar's criticism of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Omar called Kirk a "reprehensible human" during an interview with Mehdi Hasan, founder of Zeteo News, last week.
"I think she's a disgraceful person, a loser," Trump said of Omar. "It's amazing the way people vote. I know it's people from her area, maybe of the world. They got here and they vote her in. I don't know. It's hard to believe. But I think she's a disgusting person."
Trump's comments were met with fierce pushback online.
"The president of the United States. Disgusting racism. Over and over," journalist Adam Robinson posted on X.
"I think you're the actual disgusting person," Donald Blais Jr., a former lawmaker in Massachusetts, posted on X.
"I’ve had coffee with Ilhan Omar, and this may come as little surprise, but she is a way more pleasant and compassionate human being than a mountain of evidence would suggest Donald Trump is," journalist Brian Shea posted on Bluesky.
"We really cannot overestimate the danger of normalizing our president speaking this way about an elected representative or any other American," author Jennifer Valent posted on X.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I think she's a disgraceful person. A loser. It's amazing the way people vote. I know it's people from her area, maybe of the world. They got here and the vote her in. It's hard to believe. But I think she's a disgusting person." pic.twitter.com/0bobeFCdWa
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