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Trump supporters display US flags and signs as the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) and a coalition of community organizations in support of Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar gathered outside the Nuss Truck and Equipment in Burnsville, Minnesota where US President Donald Trump spoke on April 15, 2019. - Ilhan, a former refugee and first black Muslim woman elected to US Congress, has been at the center of a swirling debate about anti-Semitism, discrimination and the role of an outspoken first-year congresswoman who challenges the White House. Belligerence against the lawmaker has ramped up dramatically after a clip emerged of her characterizing the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States as "some people did something." On Friday, Trump tweeted a video that juxtaposed the snippet -- which some Democrats say was taken out of context -- with images of the hijacked planes crashing into the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York. Omar said Sunday in a statement that many of the increased threats she had received were "directly referencing or replying to the President's video." (Photo by Kerem Yucel / AFP) (Photo credit should read KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)