Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is drawing criticism after a fiery interview in which she likened the United States under President Trump to a dictatorship.
Omar blasted Trump and America over the president’s decision to deploy military troops to Los Angeles to quell the violent rioting without the approval of California state officials.
Speaking from the U.S. Capitol during an appearance on the left-leaning show “Democracy Now!,” Omar blasted the president’s actions as unconstitutional and inflammatory, accusing him of creating a “police state.”
“We are in the midst of the creation of a police state where you have masked, armed men who are in plain clothes that are snatching people off the streets, unwilling to identify themselves,” Omar said.
“You have the military being deployed in our streets.
“My God, this is America.”
She continued, “The same week where we have a president who has deployed the military — who are trained to kill our enemies, not Americans — are in our streets!”
Omar also took aim at the president’s decision to hold a military parade in Washington, D.C., to mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.
In an attack against Trump and America’s military, Omar claimed the event