Left: Ilhan Omar in Paris, France on November 15, 2017. [State Department Photo/ Public Domain]
Right: Joe Biden, November 11, 2016. Photo by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
In April 2019, she faced backlash over her characterization of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks as “some people did something.”
She has also been criticized for anti-Semitic sentiments, including a tweet in 2012 that said, “Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.”
