Rep. Ilhan Omar shared photos of her and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walking through the Door of No Return, a memorial to the slave trade in Ghana.
Omar, who fled war-torn Somalia as a child, did not miss a chance to take aim at President Trump and his supporters while on the trip with a Pelosi-led delegation to Ghana’s Cape Coast and Elmina Castles.
Referencing the president’s recent tweets in which he suggested that Omar and other liberal congresswomen “go back” to where they came from, Omar shared her experience of walking through the historic door.
“They said ‘send her back’ but Speaker @SpeakerPelosi didn’t just make arrangements to send me back, she went back with me,” Omar said, also referencing an instance in July when Trump supporters chanted “send her back” at a rally.
The delegation to Ghana is to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the beginning of the slave trade from Africa to the Americas. This year is also marked as “The Year of the Return,” which is a call to people of African descent to return to the homeland to honor their ancestors.
“It is important that this symbolic year, 400 years later, we commemorate their existence and their sacrifices,” President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo said.
Moved by the experience in Ghana, Pelosi described the Year of the Return as a “beautiful gesture.”
“At Elmina Castle we saw the dungeons where thousands were grotesquely tortured,” Pelosi said. “At Cape Coast Castle we stood before The Door of No Return, where countless millions caught their last glimpse of Africa before they were shipped to a life of enslavement.”
They said “send her back” but Speaker @SpeakerPelosi didn’t just make arrangements to send me back, she went back with me ✊?
So grateful for the honor to return to Mother Africa with the @TheBlackCaucus and commemorate The Year of Return! #Doorofreturn #Ghana pic.twitter.com/0yVBLcAEs5
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 1, 2019
