00:00Well, I think my presence here should tell you that the fear and intimidation doesn't...
00:05work on me.
00:06That's right.
00:07That's right.
00:08That's right.
00:09That's right.
00:10And, you know, you and I have talked about this.
00:15Many a times, this, the president's rhetoric, the attacks.
00:20From him, since I've gotten into public office, from the right wing, has always...
00:25been really to stop me from being in public service.
00:30To intimidate me, to make me want to quit.
00:35And my only message is it hasn't worked thus far and it's not going to work in the future.
00:40Blame is very interesting, but facts are more important.
00:45And what the facts have shown, since I've gotten into...
00:50elected office, is that every time the president of the United States...
00:55has chosen to use hateful rhetoric...
01:00to talk about me...
01:02and the community that I represent.
01:05my death threats skyrocket.
01:08And last night, the man that attacked...
01:10me was specifically upset that Trump's...
01:15order to deport Somalis was not yielding enough...
01:20deportations of Somalis.
01:25So he wanted to come get the person he thought was protecting the Somalis.
01:30Well, we are protected by the Constitution.
01:33That's right.
01:34Sorry to tell you the truth.
01:35We are protected by the Constitution.
01:37We are protected by the Constitution.
01:38We are protected by the Constitution.
01:39For...
01:40the Constitution.
01:41Two.
01:42Four years...
01:43...since when he was in office...
01:45The first two years I was state rep and the last two years
01:50I was a member of Congress it was maybe my second or third week when he
01:55started attacking me I became a freshman who nobody should have actually known I
02:00resisted because I wielded no power to having the most death threats
02:05of any member of Congress to the point where I had to
02:10have six Capitol Police officers providing 24-hour
02:15detail to me and my family the facts of the situation are
02:20that I wouldn't be where I am at today having to pay for
02:25security having the government to think about providing me security if
02:30Donald Trump wasn't in office and if he wasn't so obsessed with me
02:35it is ironic that just last night
02:40he was on stage moments before I was attacked talking about me
02:45and then when asked about my attack he said I don't think about her
02:49does he not remember
02:50is he suffering from dementia how do you spend
02:5520-30 minutes on stage obsessing over me
03:00by name multiple times and then moments later say
03:05Ilhan Omar I don't think about her
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