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Crenshaw implies a fellow representative, a Muslim giving a speech about coping with the discrimination faced by Muslims after 9/11, is herself an apologist for terrorists while pushing a message that CAIR is "a terrorist organization." He gets blowback and it's "whoa there,..." 
Really the cruelest irony that the point Rep. Omar was making was about empowering Muslims to stand proud in the face of casual discrimination and stereotyping, especially in light of the Trump's rhetoric and the mass murder in New Zealand.
From the same speech - "He (Trump) knows that there are people that he can influence to threaten our lives to diminish our presence.
But what we know, and what Islam teaches us, and what I always say, is that love Trump's hate."
But what we know, and what Islam teaches us, and what I always say, is that love Trump's hate."
"Liberation is not an external thing, it's an internal thing. People always say to me, “how have you gotten empowered, and I say, ‘I was born this way.’” It is not about how others make us feel, it is what we tell ourselves that we are worthy."
"So, to me I say – raise hell. Make people uncomfortable. Because here's the truth – here's the truth: for far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen, and frankly, I'm tired of it."
