Cognitive Decline? Trump Makes Major Slip-Up in Attacking Ilhan Omar Yahoo! Voices
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At a Minnesota rally Saturday, Trump confused Representative Ilhan Omar for another Muslim woman of Congress, Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib.
“Ilhan Omar,” Trump began in a rambling speech. “She went to a speech when I was … first running.… This lunatic was in the audience, she started screaming. I said, ‘Who the hell is that?’ And it’s the same crazy person that I watch every night. She’s nuts.”
OmarrespondedtoTrump’sremarksonX,writing,“Trumptellingdangerousanti-Muslimliesisnothingnew.ButIhaveneverattendedoneofhisspeeches.Heislyingagainorlosinghismemory.”Omarcontinued,“Trumpshouldstepasideashiscriminalconvictionsandcontinuedlegaltroubleshaveclearlytakenatollonthe78yearoldconman.”
Sheddingsomelightonthematter,TheIndependentreportedthatitwasnotOmarbutTlaibwhointerruptedTrump’s2016speechtotheDetroitEconomicClubpriortoherelectiontotheHouse.
Thenapublicinterestattorney,Tlaibpennedanop-edexplainingherdecisionatthetime.“ItoldTrumpthat�
