(Daily Caller) Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar blamed media bias for “Islamophobia” in the U.S. in a Saturday “welcome address” to an organization repeatedly accused of having ties to Islamic terrorist organizations.
Omar participated in the Islamic Circle of North America’s (ICNA) ICNA-MAS convention, a conference which also featured Minnesota attorney general and former Democratic National Committee deputy chairman Keith Ellison. In a 26-minute speech, the congresswoman complained that American media is biased towards Muslims, and that coverage is not representative of either the American Muslim community or Muslims worldwide.
“There isn’t a single Wikipedia page that you can open about a Muslim leader, in the U.S. and abroad, where you will not read something so atrocious that you do not want to associate yourself with them. It doesn’t matter which article you read about this convention, every single Muslim convention, about me, every other leader, you will be shocked to see what people are saying about us, and how we actually see ourselves,” Omar said.
