Former lawyer to President Donald Trump went nuts spreading lies about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Twitter Sunday, and what followed was a flood of people calling him out.

There is nothing racist about @realDonaldTrump.
The criticism of#Squad is because of their hateful views of our federal agents, anti-semitism,referring to us as garbage etc.Have you ever heard them say,with its faults,the USA is the greatest country on earth. Maybe we can agree?

— Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) July 21, 2019

#Omar has minimized the 9/11 terrorist attack on America, wrote for leniency for Americans volunteering for ISIS (who killed our troops) and supports destroying our ally the State of Israel. Her extreme positions justify @realDonaldTrump forceful rebuttal. Dems are silent!

— Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) July 21, 2019

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Republicans have been talking Omar’s comments after 9/11 out of context as a way of scaring Americans of a Muslim Congresswomen. Fact-checkers have searched high and low trying to find any reference to 9-11 involving Omar. What was discovered was the video interview of Omar when she was 20 years old in the wake of the Twin Tower attacks.

“Those [9/11] are horrific attacks. There’s no question about it, that’s not a debatable thing. Innocent Americans lost their lives that day; we all mourn their deaths … And I think it’s quite disgusting that people even question that and want to debate that,” she told Al Jazeera in an interview.

Omar explained that she hated the idea of using the terrorists’ own words of describing themselves. Referring to them as “Al Queda” was like a war, but only on their terms. She brought up a professor who would tense up in class when he said the name “Al Queda,” which she felt gave the group more power than they should ever have.

Conservatives have twisted that into her professor excitedly raising his shoulders when talking about Al Queda. They’ve accused her of downplaying 9-11, when the reality is that she was echoing George W. Bush’s efforts to ensure not all Muslims were blamed for 9-11.

“The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam,” said President Bush one week after the September 11 attacks. “That’s not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don’t represent peace. They represent evil and war. When we think of Islam, we think of a faith that brings comfort to a billion people around the world. Billions of people find comfort and solace and peace. And that’s made brothers and sisters out of every race—out of every race.”

Omar agreed.

“What is important is the larger point that I was speaking to,” Omar clarified, “which is about making sure that blame isn’t placed on a whole faith, that we as Muslims are not collectively blamed for the actions of terrorists.”

“I do not blame every single white person when we have a white man who massacres children at a school, or moviegoers in a movie theatre,” she went on. “And I think this really horrendous narrative that says, as a Muslim, I’m supposed to explain, apologize, for the actions of someone who’s also terrorizing me, is absurd.”

So, the internet did what it does best, it went on the attack. You can see the tweets below:

How about we all agree you can go fuck yourself you piece of shit.

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) July 21, 2019

And here is your 2 minutes of hate from a noun a verb and 9-11

— Rob of the Bluewave 🇺🇲🌊⚛🏴‍☠️ (@JustmeRobW) July 21, 2019

SHOCKER: Racists defend racists!

— Bebe📎 (@lovinbebemocha) July 21, 2019

Stop lying. Stop using them as excuses and diversions for Trump.

— Brent McCay (Sort of an Author) (@BrentMcCay) July 21, 2019

No. We can't agree because you're lying again.

— Dan 'Groucho' Hamell (@Dan_Hamell) July 21, 2019

Stop lying. Stop using them as excuses and diversions for Trump.

— Brent McCay (Sort of an Author) (@BrentMcCay) July 21, 2019

Is it okay for Trump to tell American Citizens to go back to where they came from? Do you see anything wrong with what Trump said, Rudy? If not, you are a racist too. pic.twitter.com/tz7dsABQNr

— ☠️☠️Bad2ZBone☠️☠️ (@HeIsUNFIT2Lead) July 21, 2019

There is no squad. Those are 4 lawmakers. Each have a seat in Congress and represent millions of people with their votes. Stop trying to demean human beings. Hey… pic.twitter.com/gcOQBOhQnQ

— Jenny (@Jennybing53) July 21, 2019

The same Rudy who routinely stopped, searched and frisked innocent black people for no reason other than they were standing around being black? Racism runs in the republican venue. And what about the Central Park Five? Certainly you remember that – trump wanted them executed!

— Roscoe's Servant 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇷 (@RoscoePI) July 21, 2019

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