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The heated exchange quickly spilled onto social media and into national headlines. Following the speech, Trump took to his preferred platform to respond with unusually harsh language directed at Omar and fellow Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib. In his post, the president described both lawmakers as “lunatics” with “bulging, bloodshot eyes” and suggested they should be sent “back from where they came,” despite both being American citizens. His remarks echoed a long‑running pattern of attacks against his political opponents but were widely condemned by critics as xenophobic and inflammatory.
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