Barack Obama: “We've got to make sure they know that there are adults they can talk to, that they are never alone.”

The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views.

People need to “rediscover what’s the story we tell about how we’re going to live together, and see each other, and recognise each other, and disagree, and yet, still care for each other”.

And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.

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