Some on the left are so depraved that they will even politicize the deaths of their relatives. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) recently blamed President Donald Trump for her father’s death and called for the president to be prosecuted.
During a Thursday appearance on
MSNBC, the lawmaker discussed her father’s death and argued that the tragedy was due to Trump’s “criminal neglect” in handling the COVID-19 outbreak.
“As you know, I lost my father on June 16,” she said “I remember my dad was in Kenya he came to the United States when COVID hit because he thought he would be safer here.”
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Ilhan Omar has blamed Donald Trump s criminal neglect for her father s death from COVID-19 during an interview on MSNBC.
She said: My father should be here today. So many of our family members should be here today and they re not here with us because we have leaders who didn t care about their lives.
On June 16, the Congresswoman announced that her father had died of complications from COVID-19, aged 67, the day before.
Omar and her father came to the US in 1995 as refugees from Somalia during the country s civil war and eventually settled in Minneapolis which she has represented since 2019.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, said Friday that her father died of Covid-19 in June because of criminal neglect by the Trump administration. My father and over 300,000 people have lost their lives because of dangerous criminal neglect by Trump and his administration, she told MSNBC. I agree with Clyburn that it is not enough for us just to issue subpoenas, we have to investigate and prosecute these people who are responsible for these reckless deaths.
Omar, D-Minn., said her father and others who have passed away from COVID-19 are not here with us because we didn t have leaders who cared about their lives.
Ilhan Omar has claimed her father died from Covid-19 because of criminal neglect by Donald Trump and his administration.
The firebrand Democrat Representative for Minnesota, 38, lost her father Nur Omar Mohamed to the virus in June, aged 67.
Speaking to MSNBC on Friday, the Squad member blasted the government for their handling of the pandemic, saying they are responsible for the many deaths this year in the US.
Ilhan Omar has claimed her father Nur Omar Mohamed (pictured together) died from Covid-19 because of criminal neglect by Donald Trump and his administration
She said: I lost my father on June 16. I remember my dad was in Kenya, he came back into the US when Covid hit because he thought he was going to be safer here.