[Opinion] No President 'More Brazenly Corrupt' Than Trump, Says Ilhan Omar

No President 'More Brazenly Corrupt' Than Trump, Says Ilhan Omar

US Rep. Ilhan Omar issued a blistering response to President Donald Trump's attacks on Minnesota and its Somali community on Tuesday with a blistering Guardian opinion piece arguing that "there has never been a more brazenly corrupt president."

Op-ED: Why Can’t Our Bigoted President Leave The Somali Community Alone?

Source: UCG / Getty A lot of people, white liberals mostly, seem to be of the opinion that America is the way it is right now because President Donald Trump is president. I’m pretty sure Trump is president because America is the way it is. The racism, xenophobia, sexism, general bigotry and rampant anti-intellectualism aren’t new phenomena in the U.S.—we just aren’t used to seeing it all validated on a daily, maybe hourly, basis in virtually eve…