In April 2019, a video showed Ilhan Elmi Omar saying the [[Sept. 11 attacks]] were "some people who did something" while speaking at an event supporting the [[Council for American-Islamic Relations]] (CAIR).
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While speaking at a 9/11 memorial event in New York City, the son of a victim said there should be no confusion on who attacked the United States and killed almost 3,000 people.
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I am here today to honor my 76-year-old mother, Frances, on the solemn 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Mom, we always miss you and love you very much. This day I also remember over 200 personal friends and co-workers that I knew that died.
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'Some people did something,' said a freshman congresswoman from Minnesota to support and justify the creation of CAIR. Today I am here to respond to you, exactly who did what to whom. Madam, objectively speaking, we know who and what was done, there is no uncertainty about that. Why your confusion? On that day, 19 Islamic terrorist members of [[al Qaeda]] killed over 3,000 people and caused billions of dollars in economic damage. Is that clear?"
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But as to whom? I was attacked. Your relatives and friends were attacked. Our constitutional freedoms were attacked. And our nation’s founding on Judeo-Christian principles were attacked. That’s what some people did. Got that now? We are here today, congresswoman, to tell you and ‘the squad’ just who did what to whom. Show respect in honoring them, please.<ref>https://youtu.be/w0JFwm-waiU</ref>}}