Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib condemn the ‘casual Islamophobia’ of MSNBC host Joy Reid

“Honestly, this kinda of casual Islamophobia is hurtful and dangerous. We deserve better and an apology for the painful moment for so many Muslims around our country should be forthcoming,” Omar tweeted on Tuesday night.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, responded to Omar’s tweet, demanding an apology from Reid.

“Words matter and these words feed into the harmful anti-Muslim rhetoric & actions that we continue to see in this country. It is even more painful to hear it from someone I admire. We deserve an apology,” she tweeted.

During The Reid Out on Monday night, Reid suggested that Trump’s refusal to condemn the 17-year-old who allegedly killed two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was going to radicalize more young people.

“When leaders — let’s say in the Muslim world — talk a lot of violent talk and encourage their supporters to be willing to commit violence, including on their own bodies, in order to win against whoever they decide is the enemy, we in the U.S. media describe that as they are radicalizing these people, particularly when they’re radicalizing young people,” Reid said.

“That’s how we talk about the way Muslims act. When you see what Donald Trump is doing, is that any different from what we describe as radicalizing people?” she asked.

Omar and Tlaib were joined by many who found the remarks offensive. Reid responded to the controversy on Twitter late Tuesday night, claiming that her remarks had been willfully distorted.

“There’s been some thoughtful commentary but also some willful distortion of the points I tried to make yesterday. We’ll discuss in more depth tomorrow on the show!” Reid tweeted.

Some agreed with Reid that the remarks had been twisted around. Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin said the debate around Reid’s remarks was “hugely misleading.”

“She was making the point about a double standard. She was not AGREEING with it,” Rubin wrote.

Rubin’s remarks were dismissed by Women’s March co-founder Linda Sarsour, who wrote, “You don’t get to decide what’s offensive to Muslims.” Omar retweeted Sarsour’s post.