"WAJAHAT ALI: Is a manifestation of a White supremacist nightmare. She's a Black woman who came here as a refugee. She's a Muslim. She wears hijab and she got elected to office. And they see her and they see her as the pinata for them, right? She is the poster woman for all of their fears. They can be misogynist, they can be racist, they can be Islamophobic, they could be anti-immigrant. And you know, they blame her, they spread all these lies against her."
"PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: This Elon Omar, whatever the hell her name is, sh with the little shing! The little turban. JIM ACOSTA: The turban! PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch. She's always complain. JIM ACOSTA: Okay, get him off. Get him out, as he likes to say, get 'em out. I mean that I just wanted to play that one part. WAJAHAT ALI: Yuck! JIM ACOSTA: You know, it's it's naked racism! It's naked sexism! WAJAHAT ALI: Yep."
President Donald Trump held a rally at Mount Airy Casino Resort and repeated and expanded his 2018 demeaning characterization of migrants from predominantly Black countries while praising migrants from overwhelmingly white countries. He renewed attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar, mocking her name and turban and insulting her as a complainer. Commentators called the remarks naked racism and sexism and a manifestation of white supremacist fears, noting Omar is a Black Muslim refugee who wears hijab and was elected to office. Major news outlets emphasized that Trump was "off message" rather than centering his racist and Islamophobic rhetoric.
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