Rep. Ilhan Omar Faces Death Threats & "Dangerous Hate Campaign" as Right-Wing Attacks Continue

Minnesota freshman Congressmember Ilhan Omar says death threats against her have spiked in number since President Trump tweeted a video juxtaposing her image with footage of the 9/11 attacks. Trump posted the video Friday with the caption, "WE WILL NEVER FORGET." Trump's tweet intercut video of the World Trade Center towers burning with video of Omar speaking about the increasing attacks on the Muslim American community after 9/11. Congressmember Omar's comments were originally taken out of context and circulated by right-wing media, from The Daily Caller to Fox News. Congressmember Omar said in a statement, "This is endangering lives. It has to stop." We speak with Moustafa Bayoumi, the author of "This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror." His Guardian article is headlined "Ilhan Omar has become the target of a dangerous hate campaign." Bayoumi is an English professor at Brooklyn College at the City University of New York. He is also the author of "How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America."