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Son of 9/11 Victim Who Slammed Ilhan Omar Says He Was Called a Racist After Comments
Nicholas Haros Jr., whose mother was a terror attack victim that died on 9/11, was called a racist and criticized after he addressed the now infamous remarks made by Rep. Ilhan Omar in a speech. He gave the speech at an 18th-anniversary memorial service of the attacks at Ground Zero in New York City on Wednesday.
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Haros Jr. then revealed that not everyone agrees with his remarks during his speech, with some accusing him of being a racist.
“It’s not very nice, and maybe the worst thing that was said about me today was that I was a cranky old man with a bad haircut,” he said. “But seriously, charges of racism?”
“The fact that these people are women of color has nothing to do with it,” he continued. “If she were a Martian and were green it would not make a difference. That she is a woman doesn’t make a difference. That she is a Muslim doesn’t make a difference. These are Wikipedia facts that have to be said and she needed to respond.”