Barack Obama: “Turkey is a NATO ally, which means that we are pledged to defend each other.”

The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president.

Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.

The effort, he said, “should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views.”

I’m going to insist that we can do better than we’re doing right now.