{"id":113622,"date":"2019-03-02T17:55:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T14:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/poster-connecting-rep-ilhan-omar-to-9-11-terror-attacks-ignites-outrage-at-west-virginia-capitol\/"},"modified":"2019-03-02T17:55:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T14:55:29","slug":"poster-connecting-rep-ilhan-omar-to-9-11-terror-attacks-ignites-outrage-at-west-virginia-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/poster-connecting-rep-ilhan-omar-to-9-11-terror-attacks-ignites-outrage-at-west-virginia-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"Poster connecting Rep. Ilhan Omar to 9\/11 terror attacks ignites outrage at West Virginia capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div source=\"\" class=\"image-ct featured featured-image\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1470\/828\/Ilhan-Omar.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1862\/1048\/Ilhan-Omar.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/640\/320\/1862\/1048\/Ilhan-Omar.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A poster that was displayed at the West Virginia statehouse Friday linking Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., to the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, sparked outrage between lawmakers, a report stated.\u00a0\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n          A poster that was displayed at the West Virginia statehouse Friday linking Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., to the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, sparked outrage between lawmakers, a report stated.\u00a0<br \/>\n          <span>(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A poster displayed at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/west-virginia\" target=\"_blank\">West Virginia <\/a>statehouse Friday linking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/top-foreign-affairs-democrat-calls-rep-omars-comment-vile-anti-semitic-slur\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Ilhan Omar<\/a>, D-Minn., to the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, has sparked outrage among lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The poster, which was displayed on a table in the rotunda in the Capitol, showed a split picture of the World Trade Center on fire on top of a snap of Omar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019Never Forget\u2019 \u2013 You said..\u201d the caption on the picture of the twin towers read.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the caption of the picture of Omar read, \u201cI am the proof you have forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The poster was part of the display for \u201cWV GOP Day,\u201d which is when the \u201cRepublicans Take the Rotunda,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/gop-s-anti-muslim-display-likening-rep-omar-terrorist-rocks-n978371\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/congress-bound-minnesotas-ilhan-omar-enjoys-another-first\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CONGRESS BOUND, MINNESOTA&#8217;S ILHAN OMAR ENJOYS ANOTHER FIRST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Omar became the first Somali-American elected to Congress in November. She is one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, along with Democrat Rashida Tlaib.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear who put up the poster, but lawmakers got into a heated dispute over the display. The argument even became physical, leaving a doorkeeper allegedly injured and a lawmaker\u00a0resigning.<\/p>\n<p>A few Democratic lawmakers condemned the poster and allegedly got into a feud with Anne Lieberman, the House\u2019s sergeant-at-arms, \u201cafter she allegedly made an anti-Muslim remark,\u201d NBC News reported. Lieberman denied the remark but resigned Friday following the allegation.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic lawmaker Mike Caputo allegedly injured a doorkeeper during a heated argument, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsaz.com\/content\/news\/Controversy-erupts-over-hate-speech-poster-on-display-in-WVa-Capitol-rotunda-506560451.html\" target=\"_blank\">WSAZ<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The House has 59 Republicans and 41 Democrats. House Speaker Roger Hanshaw said the incident was being investigated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have allowed national-level politics to become a cancer on our state &#8230; to invade our chamber in a way that makes me ashamed,\u201d he said in remarks on the floor. \u201cWe can do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrat Mike Pushkin called the poster \u201cracist\u201d and \u201cwrong.\u201d He said no Republicans condemned the display.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/reps-omar-and-tlaib-say-anti-semitism-charges-meant-to-end-debate-of-israel-policies\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>OMAR, TLAIB SAY CRITICS CHARGE &#8216;ANTI-SEMITISM&#8217; AGAINST THEM AS WAY TO END DEBATE OVER ISRAEL&#8217;S POLICIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really disappointed that not a single Republican elected official in this building could join me in saying it\u2019s wrong,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/03\/02\/poster-linking-rep-ilhan-omar-sparks-outrage-injuries-wva-state-capitol\/?utm_term=.01320cc480e5\" target=\"_blank\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Omar responded to the poster in a tweet on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo wonder why I am on the \u2018Hitlist\u2019 of a domestic terrorist and \u2018assassinate Ilhan Omar\u2019 is written on my local gas stations,\u201d she wrote. \u201cLook no further, the GOP\u2019s anti-Muslim display likening me to a terrorist rocks in state capitols and no one is condemning them!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!----><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.foxnews.com\/~r\/foxnews\/most-popular\/~3\/KSPOIEamvFw\/poster-connecting-rep-ilhan-omar-to-9-11-terror-attacks-ignites-outrage-at-west-virginia-capitol\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A poster that was displayed at the West Virginia statehouse Friday linking Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., to the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, sparked outrage between lawmakers, a report stated.\u00a0 (Getty Images) A poster displayed at the West Virginia statehouse Friday linking Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., to the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, has &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}