Barack Obama: “We can help, maybe a little bit, with the families dealing with the grief of having a loved one lost.”

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

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.

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.

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.