CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Presses Ilhan Omar About Her Behavior During Trump’s State Of The Union

CNN host Wolf Blitzer repeatedly asked Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar on Wednesday if she disobeyed her party’s leadership by shouting at President Donald Trump during Tuesday’s State of the Union address.

Omar and Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib shouted at Trump after he shamed them for not expressing their support for U.S. citizens over illegal aliens. The congresswoman claimed on “The Situation Room” that her behavior was “unavoidable” because she needed to remind Trump that two of her constituents died at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

“No, I think it was really unavoidable. The president talked about protecting Americansand I just had to remind him that his administration was responsiblefor killing two of my constituents,” Omar said. 

“Many members of your Democratic Party criticized their Republican counterparts when they interrupted President Biden’s State of the Union Address. As a lot of us remember,do you have any regrets at all about the interaction we played between you and President Trump just last night?” Blitzer asked. 

Omar’s shouting defied House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ orders for his caucus to either sit in “silent defiance” or boycott the speech altogether. At the  beginning of the speech, Democratic Texas Rep. Al Green walked around the House floor with a sign that read, “BLACK PEOPLE AREN’T APES.”

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