Today’s Action: Stand with Omar Ilhan – Post your video

Freshman Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is a series of firsts for Congress. She’s the first Somali-American, first naturalized citizen from Africa, the first woman of color from Minnesota, and one of the two first Muslim women in Congress.

Since arriving at the House this January, she’s been under daily threat from Trump and other right-wing politicians who are terrified of what she represents.

Last week, Trump tweeted a video with an out-of-context quote, accusing Omar of downplaying the September 11 attacks. The result: a surge in death threats against Omar. Unacceptable.

Make a video denouncing the Islamophobia and dangerous threats towards Rep. Ilhan Omar, and ask Members of Congress to stand up for her too. Include the hashtag #IStandWithIlhan and upload to social media. Record on your phone – or use Indivisible’s handy website tool for creating your message!

Omar’s sheer presence in D.C. represents exactly what the right fears most: the end of white male supremacy. Which is why Republican leadership and the right-wing media is working hard to slander and twist her words at every step, hoping to discredit her and frighten any other future leaders like her into silence and submission.

Centrists Democrats have failed to defend Omar from unfactual smear campaigns because she represents an unapologetic new face and more progressive policies…adding to the onslaught against the only woman in Congress who wears a hijab.

We can do better. Fight Islamophobia, and misinformation: show your support for Ilhan.

Upload a video calling for an end to the Islamophobia and smear campaigns against Rep. Ilhan Omar. Use the hashtag #IStandWithIlhan to share your message, and ask Congress to make statements supporting her as well. Use your phone or Indivisible’s website to make your recording!