Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib shout as Trump condemns Dems over immigration enforcement in SOTU speech
WASHINGTON, DC: Tensions escalated during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address.
Reps Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib shouted from the Democratic side of the chamber while the president criticized lawmakers for what he called weak responses to immigration enforcement.
The turning point occurred when Trump accused Democrats of weakening border security and not supporting stricter immigration policies. As he spoke against their position, interruptions started.
Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar disrupt Trump’s speech
The president declared that Democrats should be "ashamed."
‘You should be ashamed!” Rep Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., could be seen shouting back at the president.
“Liar!” Rep Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich, yelled at one point.
Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib unravel into screeching rage as Trump declares US government should put Americans first before illegals pic.twitter.com/qVTzHcjXRh
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Both Tlaib and Omar grew consistently louder in their responses and heckling of Trump as his speech progressed.
“You have k****d Americans!" Omar and Tlaib yelled.
Trump slams Democrats, Omar interrupts
“These people are crazy, I’m telling you. They’re crazy,” Trump said, gesturing toward the Democratic side of the room as the shouting continued.
“Boy, oh, boy, we’re lucky. We have a country with people like this. Democrats are destroying our country, but we’ve stopped it just in the nick of time, didn’t we?”
The chamber grew louder as Tlaib, a Democrat from Michigan, called out: “How about those Epstein files?”
Both Democrats jeered at him, for example, when he was talking about his ICE policies, accusing him of killing Americans, a reference to Alex Pretti and Renee Good, the two American citizens who died at the hands of federal law enforcement officials in Minnesota.
“We saw the videos, too. ... you are k*****g Americans!” Tlaib yelled as Trump continued speaking.
In response to Trump's telling the Democrats, "You should be ashamed," Omar yelled back to him, "You should be ashamed!"
Lawmakers, including Tlaib and Rep Jamie Raskin, D-Md, were wearing buttons that said “Stand with survivors, release the files.”
