(LOS ANGELES – 7/14/19) – TheGreater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), today joined with its National chapter in condemninga series of racist tweets by President Donald Trump targeting female congresswomen.
Trump’s Sunday morning tweets suggested the congresswomen “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. . .You can’t leave fast enough.
He did not name his intended targets, but he apparently meant Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York; Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts; Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan; and Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
Omar was born in Somalia, while Tlaib was born to Palestinian immigrants in Detroit. Pressley is African-American and was born in Cincinnati. Ocasio-Cortez was born in New York City to a family of Puerto Rican heritage.
SEE: Trump tells Ocasio-Cortez and other female progressives to ‘go back’ to ‘original’ countries
https://www.theguardian.com/…/trump-squad-tlaib-omar-pressl…
Trump says progressive congresswomen should ‘go back’ where ‘they came’ from
https://www.nbcnews.com/…/trump-says-progressive-congresswo…
In a statement, CAIR-LA Executive Director Hussam Ayloush said:
“This is another example of a failed, irresponsible, white nationalist president attempting to intimidate and bully his most vocal critics in Congress. This is about a privileged white man who is not used to being challenged by women especially women of color – whom he cannot silence. All people of decency, regardless of political party, must stand together to denounce this hate speech, which has emboldened bigots to commit acts of hatred.
In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:
“Trump’s latest racist tweets echo the bigoted shouts of ’go back where you came from’ heard daily by American Muslim women and children, immigrants and members of other minority communities across our nation. It is sad to see the occupant of the Oval Office transition from empowering and encouraging racist taunts to actually using them himself. If Trump shouted the same thing at a Muslim woman wearing hijab in a Walmart, he might be arrested.
CAIR National has reported an unprecedented spike in bigotry targeting American Muslims, immigrants and members of other minority groups since the election of Donald Trump as president.
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https://www.post-gazette.com/…/Robinso…/stories/201907120152
Anti-Muslim bias incidents are also on the rise throughout the state. CAIR California (CAIR-CA) found a marked rise in anti-Muslim bias incidents in California in 2017, as detailed in its Civil Rights Report. CAIR-CA recorded an 8 percent increase in anti-Muslim bias incidents in 2017 compared to 2016.
READ: 2018 CAIR-CA Civil Rights Report
https://imrann40.sg-host.com/losangeles/publications/cair-ca-civil-rights-reports-2018/
CAIR-LA is Southern California’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice and empower American Muslims.
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CONTACT:CAIR-LA Communications Manager Eugene W. Fields, 714-776-1847 orefields@cair.com
