President Donald Trump used an Oval Office media availability to sharply criticize Democratic Reps. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) over their comments following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
Trump accused both lawmakers of showing hostility toward conservatives and the United States itself, calling Crockett “low-IQ” and suggesting Omar should be “taken back” by Somalia.
Crockett drew conservative outrage earlier this week after she voted against a House resolution condemning political violence and honoring Kirk, who was killed earlier this month while speaking in Utah.
She argued that Kirk’s rhetoric targeted minority communities and likened Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids to slave patrols. Crockett also claimed Kirk had spread “ignorant, uneducated” beliefs that “sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.”
Trump dismissed those remarks as baseless.
