The 'Squad' member said America was being destroyed by Trump
FOX NEWS -- Far-left Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said last week that the United States is becoming one of the "worst countries" in the world.
"I mean, I grew up in a dictatorship and I don't even remember ever witnessing anything like that to have a democracy, a beacon of hope for the world to now be turned into one of the, you know, one of the worst countries, where the military are in our streets without any regard for people's constitutional rights," Omar said in an interview published Friday on Democracy Now!’s YouTube page.
Omar, who was born in Somalia, referenced President Donald Trump’s military parade on Saturday that commemorated the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.
The parade also fell on Flag Day and Trump’s 79th birthday and was meant to honor America. Omar, whose interview took place before the parade, was unimpressed.
"Our president is spending millions of dollars [propping] himself up like a failed dictator with a military parade," Omar said of the then-upcoming parade.
"It is really shocking, and it should be a wake-up call for all Americans to say this is not the country we were born in," she added. "This is not the country we believe in, this is not the country our Founding Fathers imagined, and this is not the country that is supported by our Constitution, our ideals, our values, and we should all collectively be out in the streets rejecting what is taking place this week."
The Squad member also said that Trump is "destroying our country."
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