Elhan Omar: Trump exploited State power to target the minority community

The US representative of Somali origin, Elhan Omar, says the ideals of the American nation are under attack, and that it is up to us all to defend them.

In an article published in the New York Times, Elhan adds that demagogues have long used State power to target minority communities and their political enemies throughout history, practices culminating in state violence.

She noted that Americans now face the same threat, because President Donald Trump has used his post to launch multiple attacks on communities across the country.

Right-wing currents in other countries - such as Hungary, Russia, France, Britain and elsewhere - have been going in different ways in unusual ways for decades.

Racism
Trump's criticism of four members of the House of Representatives is rude, Alexandria Ocacio Cortez, Iaina Presley and Rachida Tlaib, as well as her own criticism.

Last week, Trump observed only the crowds gathering in front of her, and she hesitated to "bring her back where she came from," referring to her and her family.

Elhan Omar explains that these American values ​​range from equal protection under law to religious pluralism and freedom, and that she cherishes her, especially as she lives in a civil war in her hometown, where she and her family hoped to enjoy a better life in the United States.

The writer, however, feels disappointed when she arrives in the United States. She was different from the land her grandfather had been willing to find.

The land of opportunity has been full of challenges, and people have defined it as long as it has been denounced, by saying that it is immigrant and black-skinned, as well as prejudging it as a Muslim woman.

democracy
Elhan Omar says that the beauty of the United States is not that its democracy is complete, but that democracy is an integral part of its constitution.

The Trump administration seeks to restrict people and limit their ability to exercise their electoral rights, and has sought to undermine the basic checks and balances of the US Constitution by failing to comply with congressional summonses.

The author believes that Trump adopted a racist speech openly, to raise fear and division among communities based on the race factor and skin color, as well as playing the paper of religious minorities throughout the country.

The article adds that racial fear prevents Americans from building society in a participatory manner, and racist language has been used to turn Americans against each other for the benefit of the rich elite.

Pesting
Elhan Omar adds that the time in which Trump attacks or in his racist attack on the four members of Congress can be exploited, or in his attack on the free press to discuss other pressing domestic issues.

Trump seeks to incite religious minorities against each other and believes that he should not only condemn Trump's racism, but also try to confront racist policies, whether it concerns the imprisonment of migrant children on the border, the prohibition of Muslim immigrants, or the adoption of a policy of separation.

She adds that the United States has been a beacon of democracy in the world, and believes that capitulation to the fever of right-wing nationalism will lead to consequences beyond the borders of the country.

Elhan Omar concluded that the most proud moment in American history is when people work to protect and expand fundamental democratic rights.