Trump Crowd Chants ‘Lock Her up’ About Omar as President Warns of Refugees in Minnesota

President Trump‘s supporters on Wednesday broke into a “lock her up” chant about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) as the president warned of the dangers of allowing refugees to resettle in Minnesota.

Trump took aim at Omar during a rally in Duluth. The president brought up the first-term congresswoman and Somali refugee during a broader riff complaining about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden‘s pledge to significantly increase refugee admissions from numbers Trump has cut it to during his first term.

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“What is going on with Omar?” he continued, citing unproven claims tying Omar to a ballot harvesting scheme. “I’ve been reading these reports for two years about how corrupt and crooked she is. Let’s get with it. Let’s get with it.”

The rally crowd then broke into a chant of “lock her up,” which originated during Trump’s run against Hillary Clinton in 2016. {snip}

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Minnesota has among the highest population of refugees per capita, but Trump has drastically cut how many refugees can enter the country annually. During Wednesday’s rally, he painted the prospect of those fleeing war-torn countries as a danger to Minnesotans way of life.

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“Biden will turn Minnesota into a refugee camp … overwhelming public resources, overcrowding schools and inundating your hospitals,” he added.

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