NOT REAL NEWS: Trump promotes false video of Rep. Omar
Associated PressPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday used Twitter to share an edited video made by a conservative comedian that falsely accused Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of dancing and partying last week on the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The video of Omar dancing to popstar singer Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” was taken Friday at an event celebrating Omar and four other congresswomen, according to Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, who originally shared the clip to his Twitter account that evening. “I never thought that a video taken on 9/13 would be linked to 9/11 and used as one more racist smear” against Omar, Green said of the false tweet that followed. Girl, what in the world were you celebrating on the anniversary of 9/11?” When Trump shared the video with his 64 million Twitter followers, he tweeted, in part, “The new face of the Democrat Party!” Social media users quickly pointed out that the video had been taken on Friday, two days after the anniversary, while Omar was attending events related to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Legislative Conference in Washington.
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