CBS’ Brennan to Rep. Omar: Do You Understand Why People Found Your Remarks on 9/11 ‘Offensive?’

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BRENNAN: "This was the anniversary this week, the 18th, of the 9/11 attacks on our country. And at a Ground Zero, well, remembrance ceremony I’ll call it, the son of one of the victims stood up and specifically called out language you had used in the past that he characterized as not respectful when referring to 3,000 people who were killed by Al-Qaeda. You said, 'Some people did something,' and he put it right there on his T-shirt. Do — do you understand why people found that offensive?"
OMAR: "I mean, so, 9/11 was an attack on all Americans. It was an attack on all of us. And I certainly could not understand the weight of the pain that the victims of the — the families of 9/11 must feel. But I think it is really important for us to make sure that we are not forgetting, right, the aftermath of what happened after 9/11. Many Americans found themselves now having their civil rights stripped from them. And so what I was speaking to was the fact that as a Muslim, not only was I suffering as an American who was attacked on that day, but the next day I woke up as my fellow Americans were now treating me a suspect."