Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Friday stood firm during a heated discussion on CNN about her comments on Charlie Kirk, the late right-wing activist fatally shot last week, whom she called a “hateful man” during a town hall in Minnesota last weekend.
“The Source” host Kaitlan Collins asked Omar why she used those terms along with reposting a social media video that called Kirk a “reprehensible” Dr. Frankenstein-like figure, whose own “monster” — his unwavering defense of gun rights — had contributed to his death.
Omar replied, “Because there were a lot of things in the video that I did agree with.”
“Obviously, we share videos, won’t have to agree with every single word — but I do believe that he was a reprehensible, hateful man,” she continued Friday. “Like, that is my view of the words that he has said about every single identity that I belong to.”
Kirk made numerous racist, misogynistic and xenophobic comments over the course of his public life. He not only said certain Black women “do not have the brain processing power” to be taken seriously, but that the “conquest values” of Muslims are a danger to the U.S.
