Politicians Who Claim Trump is Inciting Violence Against Ilhan Omar Gave Pass to State Senator Who Called for His Assassination
Peter D'Abrosca
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The same politicians who are now incensed that President Donald J. Trump posted a video of the 9/11 attacks dubbed over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) now-infamous “some people did something” comments were silent when a State Senator from Missouri explicitly called for Trump’s assassination in March of 2018.
“I hope Trump is assassinated,” said now-State Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-Mo.).
This explicit call to kill a sitting president did not draw a single mainstream press headline. It did not draw the ire of any elected officials – never mind those in the Democrat Party.
But after Trump slammed Omar for downplaying the 9/11 terrorist attacks, these formerly-silent politicians and penmen are enraged, construing Trump’s video as an “incitement of violence” against Omar.
“The President is inciting violence against a sitting Congresswoman – and entire group of Americans based on their religion,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). “It’s disgusting. It’s shameful. And any elected leader who refuses to condemn it shares responsibility.”
The President is inciting violence against a sitting Congresswoman—and an entire group of Americans based on their religion. It's disgusting. It's shameful. And any elected leader who refuses to condemn it shares responsibility for it.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) April 13, 2019
“For two years, this President has used the most powerful platform in the world to sow hate & division. He’s done it again. Putting the safety of a sitting member of Congress @IlhanMN at risk & vilifying a whole religion is beyond the pale. I’ll be blunt — we must defeat him,” said Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.).
For two years, this President has used the most powerful platform in the world to sow hate & division. He's done it again. Putting the safety of a sitting member of Congress @IlhanMN at risk & vilifying a whole religion is beyond the pale. I'll be blunt — we must defeat him.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) April 13, 2019
The Women’s March, founded by Jew-hater Linda Sarsour, has made the same claim, and even called for Trump to be banned from Twitter.
Big League Politics reached out to Chappelle-Nadal, who called for Trump’s assassination, but she did not respond to a comment request.
Worth noting is that all of the same politicians and groups were silent when Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was mauled in his yard by an angry, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) supporting neighbor attacked him, or when an other Sanders sympathizer, James Hodgkinson, shot up Congressional baseball practice, nearly killing Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.).
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