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Why The Trump Administration’s Assault on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is a Bigoted Attack

White privilege strikes again

Ezinne Ukoha
7 min readFeb 14, 2019

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I’m writing this because I’m angry.

I am feverishly disgusted at the hypocrisy on display when it comes to bigotry in America, and how White males in seats of power are able to freely pledge allegiance to White supremacy without suffering the appropriate punishment for those misdemeanors.

Candidate Trump turned the 2016 elections into a cesspool of polluted grime with a presidential campaign that was rife with hate-filled messaging that appealed to his base of ignorant fucks. And by the way, all those who claim that despite voting for Trump, they don’t condone his appallingly offensive behavior, have to contend with the vital role of cowardly enablers.

If you’ve forgotten just how bad it got, check this out:

The uproar that arose after the insulting comments about Mexicans and immigrants didn’t pressure the future Commander-in-Chief to issue a heartfelt apology. In fact he defended his…

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