Top Democrat says Ilhan Omar ‘doesn’t belong in our party’ and refuses to defend 9/11 ‘some people did something’ remark

A TOP Democrat said Ilhan Omar “doesn’t belong in our party” and refused to defend the Rep’s 9/11 “some people did something” remark.

Video obtained by The New York Post showed Rep Collin Peterson of Minnesota refusing to defend his colleague’s controversial comment.

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A colleague of Democratic Rep Ilhan Omar refused to defend her ‘some people did some things’ comment in reference to 9/11[/caption]

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Rep Collin Peterson said Omar ‘doesn’t belong in our party’[/caption]

A National Republican Congressional Committee employee asked Peterson why he defended Omar in April 2019 – and the Rep. shot it down, The Post reported.

“I don’t defend her,” Peterson said on Capitol Hill.

“She doesn’t belong in our party.”

When asked for more clarification, Peterson said again, “She doesn’t belong in our party,” The Post reported.

The comment made by Somali-born Omar came when she was speaking about terror attacks on September 11, 2001.

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People alleged that Omar tried to minimize the terror attacks on 9/11 with her comment[/caption]

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Peterson said of his colleague ‘I won’t defend her’[/caption]

Omar said vaguely of the attacks: “Some people did something.”

Public outrage ensued – especially from the families of the victims – with people alleging the Democrat tried to minimize the event.

More than 3,000 people died in the terror attack 19 years ago, and many first responders continue to see residual effects after.

In April last year, Peterson had previously given context as to what Omar might have meant in her remark.

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Peterson had previously defended Omar’s comment in April of last year[/caption]

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Peterson previously said Omar may have been ‘trying to say some people in her community feel like they’re being attacked’[/caption]

Peterson said an apology is “up to her” and said her comment was “inartful.”

I don’t know that she meant what some people have taken out of that,” Peterson said when speaking with KX4.

He said Omar may have been “trying to say that some people in her community feel like they’re being targeted.”

Omar is the first black Muslim woman to serve in Congress.

The comments from Omar’s fellow Democrat came just a month after she won a challenge to her seat in the House in Minnesota’s primary.

Omar’s controversial comment on the terror attacks on 9/11 are not the only time she has come under fire during her time in Congress.

In early August, the Democratic Rep was slammed over “missteps, anti-Semitic remarks and finance issues”.

The comments came from Omar’s own hometown newspaper, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, as it backed Antone Melton-Meaux, who was challenging her seat.