VIDEO - David Gregory: Omar facing death threats 'because of something the President has directly done' | TheHill

CNN political analyst David Gregory said early Monday that the increase in death threats against Rep. Ilhan Omar Ilhan OmarOmar says she has faced increase in death threats since Trump tweet Fox's Wallace not 'comfortable' playing full 9/11 video tweeted by Trump Yemeni bodega owners call for New York Post boycott over Omar cover MORE (D-Minn.) is due to something Trump “has directly done.”

Gregory, speaking on "New Day," ripped Trump for posting a video Friday with images of the 9/11 terror attack spliced with words from the freshman lawmaker, one of the first Muslim women to serve in Congress.

“It’s an extraordinary situation that she is facing this kind of danger because of something the President has directly done, which is completely wrong,” Gregory said.

.@davidgregory says it's "extraordinary" that Rep. Ilhan Omar, who has experienced an increase in death threats, is "facing this danger because of something the President has directly done, which is completely wrong." https://t.co/btDTgZ8IO1 pic.twitter.com/cQFZbsFrYG

— New Day (@NewDay) April 15, 2019

Omar said at a speech last month at the Council on American-Islamic Relations that CAIR was founded after 9/11 because "some people did something" and Muslims "were starting to lose access to our civil liberties."

In a statement Sunday night, she said she has faced an increase in death threats since the video was posted by Trump.

Gregory added on Monday that while Omar should face some scrutiny for her controversial comments about the 9/11 attacks, Trump went too far.

“That she should be targeted with death threats because of something the president said is completely wrong,” Gregory said.

Gregory also said that he thought Trump was using Omar as his most recent foil, something he has done with other new and prominent Democratic lawmakers.

CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin noted that the one thing in common with everyone Trump has attempted to vilify is that they are all people of color.

“He’s always after people of color, and that is not a coincidence,” Toobin said.

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