By Sunlen Serfaty, Ashley Killough and Veronica Stracqualursi
CNN
April 10, 2019
(CNN)Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota defended herself Tuesday afternoon against Republican criticism she has faced over a tweet she wrote that slammed a senior White House adviser as a “white nationalist” Monday on Twitter.
“It is the most bizarre thing,” Omar told CNN on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, when asked about the condemnation she’s faced since she tweeted that “Stephen Miller is a white nationalist” on Monday. In her tweet, Omar pointed to reporting that Miller has been behind President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies and convinced the President to drop his nominee to lead US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and go in a “tougher direction.”