President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign rally in North Carolina Wednesday night featured more racist attacks fueled by the President’s own targeting of four progressive Democratic Congresswomen.
In what many are describing as a “Klan rally,” a “fascist rally,” and “Nuremberg,” Trump supporters extended the President’s repeated “invitation” to the four lawmakers – all of whom are U.S. citizens – to “leave” if they don’t like this country, into chants of “send her back.”
In response, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, the only non-U.S. born of the four Democratic women lawmakers the president is targeting, posted the words of beloved American poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.
Congresswoman Omar’s tweet went viral, receiving far more likes and retweets than any of Trump’s Twitter attacks on the progressive Democratic lawmakers.
And hours after Trump’s racist rally ended, #IStandWithIlhan is the top trending item on Twitter.