Trump crowd chants 'lock her up' about Omar as president warns of refugees in Minnesota
Thursday October 1, 2020
"What is going on with Omar?" he continued, citing unproven claims tying Omar to a ballot harvesting scheme. "I’ve been reading these reports for two years about how corrupt and crooked she is. Let’s get with it. Let’s get with it."
The rally crowd then broke into a chant of "lock her up,"which originated during Trump's run againstHillary Clintonin 2016.It marked the latestescalation of attackson Omar, however.
"Biden will turn Minnesota into a refugee camp" -- Speaking in a state with one of the largest Somali populations in the country, Trump goads his fans into booing refugees, prompting "lock her up!" chants directed at Ilhan Omar pic.twitter.com/dT2yuHxFDZ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 1, 2020
The president has lobbed racist attacks at the congresswoman dating back to last year, when a rally crowd chanted "send her back" as Trump looked on. The president also spliced together footage of Omar with footage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Last week, the presidentcomplained that Omarshouldn't be critical of the United States, asking "how is your country doing?" Omar, who is a U.S. citizen, arrived in the United States as a child after her familyfled war-torn Somalia.
Minnesota has among the highest population ofrefugees per capita, but Trump hasdrastically cuthow many refugees can enter the country annually. During Wednesday's rally, he painted the prospect of those fleeing war-torn countries as a danger to Minnesotans way of life.
The president claimed Biden would propose a "700 percentincrease in refugees coming from the most dangerous places in the world, including Yemen, Syria, and your favorite country, Somalia."
"Biden will turn Minnesota into a refugee camp … overwhelmingpublic resources, overcrowding schools and inundating your hospitals," he added.
Biden's platformdoes callfor a significant increase in refugeeadmissions. The former vice president has pledged to admit roughly 95,000 refugees each year, or slightly higher than what the Obama administration set its limit at in 2016.
The Trump administration, by comparison,set its limit at 18,000 refugeesfor 2020.
Wednesday marked Trump's latest trip to Minnesota, a state he narrowly lost in 2016 but which his campaign feels is ripe for flipping in November.Recent polls, however, have shown Biden with asteady lead there.
Trump crowd chants 'lock her up' about Omar as president warns of refugees in Minnesota
President Trump's supporters on Wednesdaybroke into a "lock her up" chant about Rep.Ilhan Omar(D-Minn.) as the president warned of the dangers of allowing refugees to resettle in Minnesota. Trump took aim at Omar during a rally in D