Donald Trump mocks Democrat Ilhan Omar a day after Patrick Carlineo Jnr was arrested for threatening to murder her
- Representative Omar was threatened with murder by Carlineo, leading to his arrest on Friday
- On Saturday Trump mocked her in a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas
US President Donald Trump made a sarcastic reference to Representative Ilhan Omar during a speech in Las Vegas, a day after prosecutors said a New York man was arrested for threatening to murder the freshman Minnesota Democrat.
Trump snuck in the line about Omar minutes into a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition as he ran through a list of Republican lawmakers and others supportive of Israel.
“Special thanks to Representative Omar,” Trump said. “She doesn’t like Israel, I forgot. I’m so sorry, no she doesn’t like Israel, does she?”
Patrick Carlineo Jnr, 55, of Addison, New York, was arrested and charged with threatening to assault and murder the Muslim lawmaker in a phone call with one of her staffers on March 21, the Justice Department said in a statement on Friday.
Carlineo allegedly asked, “Do you work for the Muslim Brotherhood? Why are you working for her, she’s an [expletive] terrorist. I’ll put a bullet in her [expletive] skull.”
The FBI, which investigated the threat along with the US Capitol Police, said in a criminal complaint that Carlineo sounded angry during the call but “spelt his name correctly and provided contact information,” the Associated Press reported.