Rep. Ilhan Omar dodged and began attacking President Donald Trump when asked by CNN about claims that Tuesday’s apple cider vinegar attack on her was staged.
Omar was spritzed with apple cider vinegar in a syringe by Anthony J. Kazmierczak, 55, during a town hall event on Tuesday.
Kazmierczak has been charged with forcibly assaulting, opposing, impeding, and intimidating an officer and employee of the United States.
After the incident, Trump floated the idea that the congresswoman may have staged the entire thing.
“No. I don’t think about her. I think she’s a fraud. I really don’t think about that. She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her,” the president told ABC News when asked if he had seen the video of the incident.
Trump continued, “I haven’t seen it. No, no. I hope I don’t have to bother.”
During an appearance on The Source with Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday night, Collins asked Omar about Trump’s response.
Collins began, “I mentioned the President’s response, where he told ABC News after, just a few hours after this happened, She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her.”
“Before you respond. I do want to remind everyone that when President Trump was nearly assassinated, you responded and said, We must condemn acts of violence and pray for the victims. May calmness and decency prevail. And you said, it was sad to hear the tragedy that had occurred,” the pundit continued. “What went through your mind when you heard the President’s response last night?”
Omar responded, “Well, the difference between the President and I is that I was raised to be a decent human being, and my faith teaches me to have compassion, and he lacks both of those things.”
“This is a president who presides over an administration that, when they assassinated Renee Good, told us that she was a domestic terrorist that was trying to kill the federal agents. When they assassinated Alex Pretti, they told us that he was a domestic terrorist who brandished a weapon,” Omar continued. “None of those things are true, and they are known to be liars. They have constantly told us not to believe in our eyes. Fortunately, both of those assassinations were caught on camera, and so was what happened to me last night, caught on camera.”
Collins asked Omar directly about the claim that it was staged.
Instead of responding to whether it was or wasn’t, Omar dodged and continued her attacks on Trump.
“Well, I mean, this is also somebody who was talking about me in his town hall, in Iowa, and then seems to exhibit some sort of dementia when he says he doesn’t think about me. Maybe it is time for us to — for the 25th Amendment to be invoked, because he certainly cannot remember what he has said and has done, an hour ago,” Omar said.
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