Advertisement
Tech

Marco Rubio shares edited video trying to criticize Ilhan Omar

The video was edited to exclude part of her answer.

Photo of Andrew Wyrich

Andrew Wyrich

Marco Rubio

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) shared an edited clip of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Thursday in an attempt to discredit her.

Featured Video

The Florida senator shared video of Omar speaking with Al Jazeera English in 2018, where she was asked about the rise of Islamophobia and whether it was because of “fear” and not “hate.”

In the clip shared by Rubio, Omar appears to be advocating for the “profiling” and “monitoring” of white men in America.

However, the clip edits out part of Omar’s answer, where it appears she was using the example of white men to criticize the hypocrisy of using “fear” as a reason for being suspicious and of a group of people.

Advertisement

“I am sure the media will now hound every Democrat to denounce this statement as racist. Right?” Rubio wrote on Twitter on Thursday afternoon, with a clip of the edited interview.

Advertisement

In the clip Rubio shared, it leaves out part of Omar’s answer. Here’s the full exchange:

Host: A lot of conservatives in particular would say that the rise in Islamophobia is a result not of hate, but of fear—a legitimate fear, they say—of ‘jihadist terrorism,’ whether its Fort Hood, or San Bernadino, or the recent truck attack in New York. What do you say to them?

Omar: I would say our country should be more fearful of white men across our country, because they are actually causing most of the deaths within this country. So, if fear was the driving force of policies to keep America safe, Americans safe inside of this country, we should be profiling, monitoring, and creating policies to fight the radicalization of white men.

After another question, she continues:

“The focus of our policies should be about keeping Americans safe, keeping us domestically safe. And where we actually find a solution is looking at our foreign policy, how we are engaging with the members of these communities and the kind of rhetoric that is being spewed out of leaders within our city halls, within our state capitols.”

Advertisement

Rubio’s use of sharing a clip that was edited to omit some context of her answer was blasted by people on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/1154442846101000192

Advertisement

https://twitter.com/DCclone/status/1154443648920150016

Advertisement

Advertisement

READ MORE: 

Got five minutes? We’d love to hear from you. Help shape our journalism and be entered to win an Amazon gift card by filling out our 2019 reader survey.

 
The Daily Dot