Trump said Ilhan Omar should not have constitutional protection and should leave
At a fishing-policy event, Trump disparaged Somalia and Somali arrivals, then said Ilhan Omar should not be protected by the Constitution and should be thrown out of the country. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
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At a fishing-policy event, Trump disparaged Somalia and Somali arrivals, then said Ilhan Omar should not be protected by the Constitution and should be thrown out of the country. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
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He was answering about listening to everyday Americans. This establishes rhetoric about Omar's protection and expulsion; it does not establish a legal removal or the truth of corruption allegations. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
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racial-or-ethnic · personal-attack · political-opponent · authoritarian-rhetoric
The denial-of-protection rhetoric targets a legislator while repeatedly invoking her Somali origin; denying constitutional protection supplies the explicit authoritarian-rhetoric rationale. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
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- Official presidential transcript · The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)Remarks on Signing a Proclamation To Restore United States Commercial Fishing in the Pacific and an Exchange With Reporters
The President's Policymaking Process/Minnesota Somali Community section; web text lines 739–750
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-signing-proclamation-restore-united-states-commercial-fishing-the-pacific-and
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