Washington Post ‘fact checker’: Omar remarks just like George W. Bush’s after 9/11

Published April 11, 2019 5:37pm ET



The Washington Post ran a fact check on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s recent comments on the 9/11 attacks, claiming they were reminiscent of President George W. Bush’s “Bullhorn Speech.”

“When we listened to the whole speech, we were reminded of President George W. Bush’s phrasing in two famous moments after the Sept. 11 attacks,” Glenn Kessler, a fact checker with the Washington Post, wrote Thursday in an article meant to put Omar’s comments into context.

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