Rep. Ilhan Omar Casts Iranians, Iraqis as Victims of Trump

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., berated President Donald Trump�s administration Thursday and cast the Iraqi people as victims on the House floor.

Omar said the Trump administration asks Americans �to deny reality.� Her words came after Iran launched missiles at military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq early Wednesday local time.

�This administration says starving the Iranian economy is in defense of human rights, when it is an abuse of them,� Omar said. �That withdrawal from the [Iran] nuclear deal was a demonstration of American leadership when it is an abandonment of it.�

Omar said the families of American soldiers and diplomats �are being kept awake at night worrying.�

She also emphasized that the Iranian and Iraqi people are suffering unjustly.

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