Barack Obama: “I lauded the Turkish people's resolve against this violent intervention.”

It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say.

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.

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

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