HAMAS LINKED "CAIR" DEMANDS THAT TWITTER SUSPEND TRUMP'S ACCOUNT FOR CRITICIZING
REP. ILHAN OMAR
BY ROBERT SPENCER
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Rep. Omar tweeted: “The President of the United States is continuing to spread lies that put my life at risk. What is Twitter doing to combat this misinformation?”Meanwhile, Omar and Hamas-linked CAIR don’t think they put Trump’s life at risk when they constantly characterize him as “anti-Muslim,” “racist,” etc. What is Twitter doing to combat this misinformation?Actually, Twitter should allow for the freedom of speech. If Omar and Hamas-linked CAIR believe that Trump is spreading “misinformation,” they should counter him with the facts rather than demand that he be shut down. But they cannot do that, so they call for censorship, in exactly the same way that they work to shut down foes of jihad terror and Sharia oppression of women and others. They cannot refute us, so they work to silence us. And totalitarian Leftists and cowed, clueless dhimmis fall into line.“CAIR, CAIR-Minnesota Call on Twitter to Suspend Trump’s Account Over False ‘9/11’ Smear of Rep. Ilhan Omar,” Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) press release, September 18, 2019 (thanks to Henry):WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today strongly condemned President Trump for sharing a false, Islamophobic smear targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Twitter and called on that social media company to suspend the president’s account for violating its terms of service. #SuspendTrumpSEE: Tell Twitter to Remove Trump’s anti-Muslim Tweet, Suspend Account https://www.votervoice.net/CAIR/campaigns/68496/respondToday, Trump retweeted a video falsely indicating that Rep. Omar “partied on the anniversary of 9/11.” The President added his own comment to the post, stating “IIhan Omar, a member of AOC Plus 3, will win us the Great State of Minnesota. The new face of the Democrat Party!”[NOTE: It appears that the original tweet has been taken down, while Trump’s retweet remains online.]The video was in fact from a Congressional Black Caucus event held on September 13th to celebrate black women in Congress.SEE: Trump Retweets Video Falsely Claiming Ilhan Omar Danced on 9/11In her response, Rep. Omar tweeted: “The President of the United States is continuing to spread lies that put my life at risk. What is Twitter doing to combat this misinformation?”SEE: Rep. Omar’s ResponseThis is from a CBC event we hosted this weekend to celebrate black women in Congress.The President of the United States is continuing to spread lies that put my life at risk.What is Twitter doing to combat this misinformation? https://t.co/XdkRVrU7mZ— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) September 18, 2019“It is unconscionable that the president of the United States would so casually promote falsehoods that threaten the life a member of Congress elected by the people of Minnesota,” said CAIR-MN Executive Director Jaylani Hussein. “Action must be taken by Twitter against the president and the source of the false information.”“President Trump once again displays an absolute disregard both for the truth and for the harm he causes by spreading false, anti-Muslim smears for his own political gain,” said CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad. “Twitter must suspend the president’s account and stop his weaponization of social media to target Muslims, other minority communities and his perceived political enemies.”Awad encouraged all Americans to report the President’s tweet and the account from which it originated….
