This is a tragedy that touches us all.
Barack Obama: “This is a tragedy that touches us all.”
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Statement on the Crash of Amtrak Train 188 in Philadelphia
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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.
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.
The effort, he said, “should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views.”
Now the Administration is actively trying to deport Congresswoman Omar, seemingly based solely on the unsubstantiated theory that she was actually 18 when her father was naturalized, and therefore is not a citizen.





