New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, commonly referred to as AOC, took to Twitter to defend fellow freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after The New York Post ripped the Muslim lawmaker for describing the 9/11 terror attacks as “some people did something” in a March speech.
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AOC blasted the NY Post’s Thursday issue, with the headline “Here’s your something”, along with a photo of the World Trade Centre bursting into flames after an al-Qaeda-hijacked plane hit it.
In a fiery tweet, Ocasio-Cortez claimed that Omar has done more for 9/11 families than the Republicans and slammed the media outlet for “weaponising her faith”.
AOC’s response to the wave of criticism directed at Omar did not impress social media users, who continued bashing both Omar and Ocasio-Cortez:
Omar delivered her controversial speech at a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) event in Los Angeles:
“CAIR was founded after 9/11, because they recognise that some people did something, and then all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties”, the Somali-born lawmaker said.
In the same message, she called on US Muslims to “raise hell” and “make people uncomfortable” in the face of discrimination.