THE WASHINGTON FREE BEACON:
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) on Tuesday castigated supporters of President Donald Trump by claiming America’s problem with ignorance is “pervasive.”
Omar appeared on the Nation’s “Next Left” podcast with host John Nichols to discuss various issues, including the intelligence of Trump supporters.
“So suddenly you’re elected, and you had this teaching moment. It strikes me that, in watching you, you are conscious of teaching moments and of that opportunity to say something that might cause people to think differently about what’s going on,” Nichols said.
Omar said U.S. voters “have a misconception” about refugees and the process they face getting into the United States. She went on to specifically target Republicans in her criticism, saying they “are really good at misinformation and sort of really reorganizing facts to sort of paint a picture that really eventually is not rooted in facts.”
She said Minnesota Republicans who want to stop refugees from coming to the state spread misinformation about how refugee resettlement works.
“There are agencies that run the resettlement program. This is a process that’s run through them. If you end that contract, it’s not that refugees are not going to be resettled, it’s that the state just doesn’t get informed,” Omar said. “And so the only leverage you have is that you are part of this contract and you can be part of the negotiations on how many people get resettled in your state.”
