Now Ilhan Omar suggests George W. Bush would have been accused of downplaying 9/11 if he was a Muslim for calling terrorists 'the people who knocked down these buildings' Rep. Ilhan Omar compared her controversial 9/11 comment referring to terrorists as people to one George W. Bush made after the attack Suggested Friday that he would have faced similar backlash if he were Muslim. Drew on a Washington Post article that first made the comparision Bush also called them 'people' at Ground Zero on Sept. 14, 2001
By Francesca Chambers, Senior White House Correspondent For Dailymail.com
Published: 18:34 BST, 12 April 2019 | Updated: 18:40 BST, 12 April 2019
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Rep. Ilhan Omar compared her controversial 9/11 comment to one George W. Bush made after the attack, suggesting Friday that he would have faced similar backlash if he were Muslim.
'Was Bush downplaying the terrorist attack? What if he was a Muslim,' she asked on Twitter.
The Washington Post first noted that Bush once referred to the terrorists as 'the people who knocked these buildings down' in remarks at Ground Zero a few days after the attack.
Rep. Ilhan Omar compared her controversial 9/11 comment to one George W. Bush made after the attack,
